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 and divides as si-li-ce-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.