quartzose

1. 1.

   relating to or made of quartz

Other forms of quartzose

comparative

quartzoser·

superlative

quartzosest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quartzose

What does quartzose mean?

quartzose means "relating to or made of quartz".

How many syllables are in quartzose?

quartzose has 2 syllables: quart-zose. The stress falls on "quart".

Is quartzose a common word?

quartzose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.