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vitrain

vit·rain
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [vi-treyn]
    • /ˈvɪ treɪn/
    • /vˈɪtreɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vi-treyn]
    • /ˈvɪ treɪn/

Definitions of vitrain word

  • noun vitrain the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed. 1
  • noun vitrain a type of coal occurring as horizontal glassy bands of a nonsoiling friable material 0
  • noun vitrain a type of black, glassy, cubic bituminous coal 0

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Origin of vitrain

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
1915-20; < Latin vitr(um) glass + -ain, as in fusain

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Parts of speech for Vitrain

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

vitrain popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% 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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