aerolite

American  

[air-uh-lahyt] / ˈɛər əˌlaɪt /

Also aerolith

noun

1. a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.

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aerolite British  

/ ˌɛərəˈlɪtɪk, ˈɛərəˌlaɪt /

noun

1. a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals

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Other Word Forms

• aerolitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of aerolite

First recorded in 1805–15; aero- + -lite

Example Sentences

Last week Harvey Harlow Nininger, Colorado meteorite expert, revealed discovery of a 700-lb. aerolite by a farmer near Hugoton, Kans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buried a yard deep in the ground, it was the most massive aerolite ever turned up in that State.*

From Time Magazine Archive

The Susquehanna's bowsprit had been snapped off, in all probability, by some sudden squall, or, what was still more likely, some little aerolite had struck it and frightened the crew into fits.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

The next morning there was nothing better to do than to go with my companions to look after the aerolite.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker

If a philosopher that way had come, He would have seized the waif with great delight, And honored it as an aerolite.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret