siliceous

1. 1.

   relating to or containing or resembling silica

   “gritrock is siliceous sandstone”

   Synonymssilicious

Questions about siliceous

What does siliceous mean?

siliceous means "relating to or containing or resembling silica".

How many syllables are in siliceous?

siliceous has 4 syllables: si-li-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for siliceous?

Close synonyms include silicious. 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 siliceous a common word?

siliceous 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.