tourmaline
/ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep."
- "Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: tourmaline, තෝරමල්ලී
Usage
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Frequently Paired Words
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