banket
/baŋˈkɛt/ /ˈbaŋkɪt/Mining (originally South African ) and Geology
noun
A gold-bearing conglomerate of quartz pebbles in a quartzitic matrix found in the Witwatersrand, South Africa (also with capital initial); (in extended use) any conglomerate of quartz pebbles in a quartzitic matrix visually similar to this. Usually as a mass noun; also banket conglomerate.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Diamond Fields Advertiser. From Afrikaans banket, transferred use of banket confection resembling almond hardbake from Dutch banket any of various kinds of sweet food, specific use of banket.
- buckboard
- buckbrush
- buckeen
- bucket
- bucket brigade
- bucketful
- bucket hat
- bucket list
- bucketload
- bucket seat
- bucket shop
- bucketwheel
- buckeye
- buckeye butterfly
- buckeye coupling
- Buckeye State
- buck fever
- buckhorn
- buckhound
- Buckingham Palace
- Buckinghamshire
- buckjump
- buckjumper
- buckjumping
- Buckland, William