mineral kingdom

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noun

minerals collectively.

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Compare animal kingdom, plant kingdom.

Origin of mineral kingdom

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby mineral kingdom

mineral, mineral charcoal, mineralize, mineralizer, mineral jelly, mineral kingdom, mineralocorticoid, mineralogy, mineraloid, mineral oil, mineral pitch

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How to use mineral kingdom in a sentence

But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
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A variety of systems were in place across countries like the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
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Fuming Iranian officials blamed the United States and United Kingdom for backing the militants, and Pakistan for inaction.
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The young Jordanian pilot comes from a well-known military family in the kingdom and his uncle is a retired major general.
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The FBI and the President may claim that the Hermit Kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The prizes were plate, and the profits were to be expended in repairing the havens of the kingdom.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
While the majority pulled in one way there was an active minority that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for mineral kingdom

mineral kingdom

noun

all nonliving material, esp rocks and mineralsCompare animal kingdom, plant kingdom

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