bauxite
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bauxite
1860–65; named after Les Baux, near Arles in S France; see -ite 1
Vocabulary lists containing bauxite
South America - Middle School
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South America - High School
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Central America and the Caribbean - Middle School and High School
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Alcoa last month also agreed to buy South32’s bauxite, alumina and aluminum operations across Australia, Brazil and South Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The metal is extracted from minerals and rocks such as bauxite and does not occur naturally in its pure form.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Guinea is also the world's largest producer of bauxite, used to make aluminium.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
But it is also rich in gold, diamonds, bauxite and coltan, a mineral essential for technology and defense that is classified as critical by Western powers, as well as rare earths.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
He has skills developed operating heavy machinery, laboring over a stew of molten bauxite at Kaiser Aluminum, once one of the best jobs in Spokane, Washington, a city of 200,000.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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