Bole vs. Silicate

Bolenoun

The trunk or stem of a tree.

Bolenoun

Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.

Bolenoun

(colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay.

Bolenoun

(obsolete) A bolus; a dose.

Bolenoun

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

Bolenoun

An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.

Bolenoun

A measure. See Boll, n., 2.

Bolenoun

Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.

Bolenoun

A bolus; a dose.

Bolenoun

a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

Bolenoun

the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

Bolenoun

a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa

Silicatenoun

(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates

Silicatenoun

A salt of silicic acid.

Silicatenoun

a salt or ester derived from silicic acid

Silicate

In chemistry, a silicate is any member of a family of anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula [SiO(4−2x)−4−x]n, where 0 ≤ x < 2. The family includes orthosilicate SiO4−4 (x = 0), metasilicate SiO2−3 (x = 1), and pyrosilicate Si2O6−7 (x = 0.5, n = 2).