bitter spar

1. 1.

   a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer

   Synonymsdolomite

   Broadermineral

Questions about bitter spar

What does bitter spar mean?

bitter spar means "a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer".

What is another word for bitter spar?

Close synonyms include dolomite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bitter spar a common word?

bitter spar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.