Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keratophyre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ker-ato-phyre
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.

Example Sentences

"Among these sequences, the Early Cretaceous parts (Urutawan–Motuan) contain spilites and keratophyres within greywacke-type detritus and conglomerates (Battey 1950; Ash 1970; Hay 1975), whilst the Late Cretaceous lithologies are predominantly basalts, dolerites, and microgabbros, with minor amounts of sediment (Le Couteur 1967; Hay 1975)."

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary kerat- + -phyre; originally formed as German keratophyr

Inflected Forms

keratophyres (plural)

Questions

What does keratophyre mean?: A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
Where does keratophyre come from?: International Scientific Vocabulary kerat- + -phyre; originally formed as German keratophyr

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