Definition of chalybeate in English:
chalybeate
adjective kəˈlɪbɪətkəˈlɪbiət
attributive Of or denoting natural mineral springs containing iron salts.
Example sentencesExamples
- The chalybeate spring is located inside the iron railing; and the spring is the reason the first hotel was built in 1826.
- Six of them are chalybeate (containing iron), and deposit iron suboxide upon coming into contact with the atmosphere.
- Lord North stopped at the chalybeate springs in 1606 when on a trip from London.
- One of those ridges spreads its long finger all the way down to where a good path leads to Hartfell Spa, a chalybeate spring contained in its little beehive-shaped shelter.
- Which village in Buckinghamshire, England was the site of a chalybeate spa in 1840s, but failed to get recognition because Queen Victoria went to Leamington Spa (later Royal Leamington Spa)?
Origin
Mid 17th century: from modern Latin chalybeatus, from Latin chalybs, from Greek khalups, khalub- 'steel'.
Definition of chalybeate in US English:
chalybeate
adjectivekəˈlibēətkəˈlɪbiət
attributive Of or denoting natural mineral springs containing iron salts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Six of them are chalybeate (containing iron), and deposit iron suboxide upon coming into contact with the atmosphere.
- The chalybeate spring is located inside the iron railing; and the spring is the reason the first hotel was built in 1826.
- Which village in Buckinghamshire, England was the site of a chalybeate spa in 1840s, but failed to get recognition because Queen Victoria went to Leamington Spa (later Royal Leamington Spa)?
- One of those ridges spreads its long finger all the way down to where a good path leads to Hartfell Spa, a chalybeate spring contained in its little beehive-shaped shelter.
- Lord North stopped at the chalybeate springs in 1606 when on a trip from London.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from modern Latin chalybeatus, from Latin chalybs, from Greek khalups, khalub- ‘steel’.