micanoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmaɪ.kə/us/ˈmaɪ.kə/a natural substance like glass that breaks easily into thin layers and is not damaged by heat, often used in electrical equipment
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geology: mineralogy
- concentrate
- crude
- crystal
- crystalline
- deposit
- fool's gold
- gold dust
- golden
- graphite
- like gold dust idiom
- magnesium
- mineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- nugget
- pyrite
- seam
- silicate
- silicon