lode

[ lohd ]
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noun
  1. a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.

  2. any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations.

  1. a rich supply or source.

  2. British. a waterway or channel.

Origin of lode

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English lād way, course, carrying; cognate with Old Norse leith way, route, Old High German leita procession. See load, lade, lead1

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British Dictionary definitions for lode

lode

/ (ləʊd) /


noun
  1. a deposit of valuable ore occurring between definite limits in the surrounding rock; vein

  2. a deposit of metallic ore filling a fissure in the surrounding rock

Origin of lode

1
Old English lād course. Compare load

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Scientific definitions for lode

lode

[ lōd ]


  1. A vein of mineral ore that is deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock or that fills a fissure in a rock formation.

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