stony meteorite

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noun

any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.

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Words nearby stony meteorite

Stony Brook, stony coral, stony-faced, stony-hearted, stony-iron meteorite, stony meteorite, stony pit, Stony Point, stood, stooge, stook

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How to use stony meteorite in a sentence

For example, a common type of meteorite has similar mineral content to Earth, but a lot less deuterium.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Faced with a moping, stony-faced new partner, Beth did not selflessly set aside her own pain to help.
A Perfect 'Walking Dead' Episode|Melissa Leon|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It exists to make one feel things, to make the stone stony.
Sondheim on Sondheim: American Musical Theater in Six Songs|Jimmy So|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Rey, after sitting for long hours in stony silence, eventually gave the police her last name.
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But how many of them remember the CNN host who asked whether the Russian meteorite had been caused by global warming?
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Why didn't he send a trooper to report at once instead of wasting time in going to Stony Crossing?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It took us all of the next day to make the trip to Stony Crossing and back by way of the place where Rutter was buried.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It ended in a broad open moor, stony; and full of damp boggy hollows, forlorn and desolate under the autumn sky.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
The tones of the neighbouring convent bell, echoing through the stony vaults, sounded loud and awful as the knell of doom.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Why did he quit the fruitful banks of the Euphrates for a spot so remote, so barren, and so stony as Sichem?
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British Dictionary definitions for stony meteorite

stony meteorite

noun

a meteorite composed mainly of silicates

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Scientific definitions for stony meteorite

stony meteorite

See under meteorite.