vermiculite

1. 1.

   any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure

   Broadermineral

Other forms of vermiculite

plural

vermiculites·

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 vermiculite

What does vermiculite mean?

vermiculite means "any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure".

How many syllables are in vermiculite?

vermiculite has 4 syllables and divides as ver-mi-cu-lite 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.