telluride

[ tel-yuh-rahyd, -rid ]

/ ˈtɛl yəˌraɪd, -rɪd /

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noun Chemistry.

a binary compound of tellurium with an electropositive element or group.

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Origin of telluride

1840–50; tellur(ium) + -ide

Words nearby telluride

tell time, tellurate, tellurian, telluric, telluric acid, telluride, tellurion, tellurite, tellurium, tellurize, telluro-

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How to use telluride in a sentence

And after the film premiered in Telluride, you were accused by Iran State Media of being a “Zionist” CIA spy.
Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm Massacre|Marlow Stern|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Skedaddle onto the equally heart-stopping Million Dollar Highway to Ouray and Telluride.
The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take|Lonely Planet|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I first said the film was the story of my life lightheartedly, at a screening in Telluride.
Interview: T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers’ Music Guru|Andrew Romano|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I remember seeing the U.S. premiere of Shame in Telluride, and being blown away.
Carey Mulligan, Star of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ on the Coen Brothers, ‘N Sync Fandom, Lorde, and More|Marlow Stern|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Cuarón discussed the technological marvel following its U.S. premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
Alfonso Cuarón On His Spellbinding Sci-Fi Film ‘Gravity,’ Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney|Marlow Stern|September 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Telluride and Ouray are separated by a mountain that rises four thousand feet above their altitude.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills
I spent a few days about Telluride riding Cricket up to a number of mines, taking photographs on the way.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills
Beyond this it would be comparatively easy to descend on the other side of the slide wreckage and land in the road to Telluride.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills
We left Telluride one sunny October morning with a sleeping-bag and a few supplies.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills
A well-meaning tenderfoot, that afternoon in Telluride, saw a riderless pony and concluded that he had broken loose.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills

British Dictionary definitions for telluride

telluride

/ (ˈtɛljʊˌraɪd) /

noun

any compound of tellurium, esp one formed between tellurium and a more electropositive element or group

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Scientific definitions for telluride

telluride

[ tĕl′yə-rīd′ ]

A chemical compound of tellurium and another element, including gold and silver. Telluride is found in mineral ores.