mineral

Pluralminerals

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A natural solid material, like salt or quartz, that forms in the earth.

   Like the ingredients in a recipe: each rock is made from a mix of different minerals.

   Quartz is a common mineral found in many kinds of rock.

   Miners search deep underground for minerals like gold and copper.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A natural substance, such as iron or calcium, that your body needs to stay healthy.

   Milk gives you calcium, a mineral that keeps your bones strong.

   Your body needs the mineral iron to make healthy blood.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Containing minerals or made from them, not from plants or animals.

   This spring water has a strong mineral taste.

   The country is rich in mineral resources like iron and copper.

4. 4
   noununcountable

   Any material that does not come from a plant or an animal, such as rock or metal.

   Garden soil is a mix of tiny bits of mineral and old, rotting leaves.

   A metal coin is mineral, because it does not come from plants or animals.

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5. 5
   nounBritishuncountable

   Water with natural minerals in it, often sold in bottles.

   She asked the waiter for a bottle of still mineral with her lunch.

   The spa served glasses of warm mineral drawn from its own spring.

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6. 6
   nouncolloquialIrelandNigeriaSouth Africacountable

   A soda or other soft drink, often in a small bottle or can.

   Do you want a mineral or just water with your sandwich?

   He bought a cold mineral from the vending machine after practice.

   Similarsoda, pop

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