vug

or vugg, vugh

[ vuhg, voog ]

/ vʌg, vʊg /

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noun Geology.

a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.

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Origin of vug

1810–20; <Cornish vooga cave; compare Latin fovea pit

OTHER WORDS FROM vug

vuggy, adjective

Words nearby vug

VTOL, VTR, V-type engine, VU, Vuelta Abajo, vug, Vuillard, Vul., Vulcan, Vulcanian, vulcanism

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How to use vug in a sentence

Its characteristic of this region that in sinking every now and then you strike a big hole filled with water—a vug, they call it.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vug

vug

vugg or vugh

/ (vʌɡ) /

noun

mining a small cavity in a rock or vein, usually lined with crystals

Derived forms of vug

vuggy or vughy, adjective

Word Origin for vug

C19: from Cornish vooga cave

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