dolomite

Questions about dolomite

What does dolomite mean?

dolomite means "a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dolomite?

dolomite has 3 syllables: do-lo-mite. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ˈdoʊləˌmaɪt/.

What is another word for dolomite?

Close synonyms include bitter spar. 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 dolomite a common word?

dolomite 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.

What rhymes with dolomite?

4 words rhyme with dolomite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.