ALL meanings of bauxite
baux·ite
B b - uncountable noun bauxite Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained. 4
- noun bauxite a white, red, yellow, or brown amorphous claylike substance comprising aluminium oxides and hydroxides, often with such impurities as iron oxides. It is the chief ore of aluminium. General formula: Al2O3.nH2O 3
- noun bauxite a soft, claylike sedimentary rock, mainly hydrous aluminum hydroxide, that is the chief ore of aluminum 3
- noun bauxite An amorphous clayey rock that is the chief commercial ore of aluminum. It consists largely of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides. 1
- noun bauxite type of mineral ore 1
- noun bauxite a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum. 0
- noun bauxite The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides. 0