Usually means: Hard mineral, aluminum oxide crystal.
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  1. corundum: Merriam-Webster
  2. corundum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. corundum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. corundum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. corundum: Vocabulary.com
  6. Corundum, corundum: Wordnik
  7. corundum: Wiktionary
  8. corundum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. corundum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. corundum: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. corundum: Dictionary.com
  12. corundum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Corundum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Corundum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. corundum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. corundum: Rhymezone
  17. Corundum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. corundum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. corundum: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. corundum: FreeDictionary.org
  21. corundum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. corundum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. corundum: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. corundum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  2. Corundum: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. CORUNDUM: The Mineral Gallery

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Definitions from Wiktionary (corundum)

▸ noun:  (mineralogy) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al₂O₃, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

Similar:
corundom, curundum, ruby, aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide, alumina, garnet, emery, carborundum, sapphire, more...

Opposite:
no opposite exists

Phrases:
corundum structure, impure corundum, more...

Adjectives:
synthetic, artificial, natural, blue, red, pure, common, normative, yellow, impure, transparent
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Similar:
corundom, curundum, ruby, aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide, alumina, garnet, emery, carborundum, sapphire, more...

Opposite:
no opposite exists

Phrases:
corundum structure, impure corundum, more...

Adjectives:
synthetic, artificial, natural, blue, red, pure, common, normative, yellow, impure, transparent



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