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feldspar in British English
(ˈfɛldˌspɑː, ˈfɛlˌspɑː) or felspar
noun
any of a group of hard rock-forming minerals consisting of aluminium silicates of potassium, sodium, calcium, or barium: the principal constituents of igneous rocks. The group includes orthoclase, microcline, and the plagioclase minerals
Derived forms
feldspathic (fɛldˈspæθɪk, fɛlˈspæθ-), felspathic (felˈspathic) or feldspathose (ˈfeldspathˌose) or felspathose (ˈfelspathˌose) adjective
Word origin
C18: from German feldspat(h), from feld field + spat(h) spar3feldspar in American English
(ˈfɛldˌspɑr)
noun
any of several light-colored, hard, glassy, monoclinic or triclinic minerals made up of aluminum silicates with sodium, potassium, or calcium, foundin all types of rock
Derived forms
feldspathic (feldˈspathic) (ˈfɛldˈspæθɪk) adjective
Word origin
altered < Ger feldspath (now feldspat) < feld, field + spath, spar < IE base *spe-, long, flat board > spoon, spade1Image offeldspar
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Examples of 'feldspar' in a sentencefeldspar
- to fight for one's life
- to fight it out
- to fight one's way through a crowd
- to fight one's way through a crowd/the undergrowth
- to fight shy
- to fight tooth and nail fight sth tooth and nail
- to fight with sb
- to file for divorce
- to file in/out/past
- to file or bring a suit against sb
- to fill in for sb
- to fill sb in on sth
- to fill sth with sth
- to fill sth with water
- to find employment
- to find fault with
- to-find-fault-with
- to find fault with sb/sth
- to find favour with sb
- to find it hard to do sth
- to find one's feet
- to find one's niche
- to find one's way
- to find out about sth
- to find sb guilty/not guilty