schorl

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shawrl]
- /ʃɔrl/
- /skˈɔːl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shawrl]
- /ʃɔrl/

Definitions of schorl word

noun schorl Mineralogy. a black tourmaline. 1
noun schorl a black tourmaline consisting of a borosilicate of sodium, iron, and aluminium. Formula: NaFe3B3Al3(Al3Si6O27)(OH)4 0
noun schorl a black variety of tourmaline 0

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Origin of schorl

First appearance:

before 1755

One of the 47% newest English words

First recorded in 1755-65, schorl is from the German word Schörl

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Parts of speech for Schorl

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Schorl

schorl popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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