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单词 yellowcake
释义

yellowcake

or yel·low cake

[ yel-oh-keyk ]
/ ˈyɛl oʊˌkeɪk /

noun

a processed oxide of uranium, U3O8, extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, especially fuel elements in nuclear reactors.

Origin of yellowcake

First recorded in 1945–50; yellow + cake

Words nearby yellowcake

yellow body, yellow bone marrow, yellow box, yellow brain fungus, yellow-breasted chat, yellowcake, yellow card, yellow cartilage, yellow copper ore, yellow cress, yellow-crowned night heron
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Example sentences from the Web for yellowcake

  • Unlike, say, the yellowcake hype that helped launch a war in Iraq...

    New York Times’ Phony Controversy Over Cookbook Ghostwriters|Regina Schrambling|March 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • South Africa mined uranium, and sent 500 tons of yellowcake to Israel from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.

    Israel's Shady Arms Deal|Stephen Kinzer|June 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for yellowcake

yellow cake

noun

informal semirefined uranium ore
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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