Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coffinite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coffi-nite
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.

Etymology

From Coffin + -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Coffin

Inflected Forms

coffinites (plural)

Questions

What does coffinite mean?: A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.
Where does coffinite come from?: From Coffin + -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.

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