Definitions for malachite

malachite mal·a·chite

Spelling: [mal-uh-kahyt]
IPA: /ˈmæl əˌkaɪt/

Malachite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 475 anagrams from letters in malachite (aacehilmt).

Definitions for malachite

noun

  1. a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
  2. a ceramic ware made in imitation of this.

Origin of malachite

1350-1400; Greek malách(ē) mallow + -ite1; replacing Middle English melochites Middle French melochite, representing Latin moloch

Examples for malachite

The pedestals are inlaid with malachite, a present from the emperor Nicholas of Russia.

Carbonate of Copper, malachite; is of a blue or green colour.

Eugene has given me, for you, a necklace of malachite, engraved in relief.

In this light the water is of a bright green like malachite.

Jeroloman, who had left his hat on the malachite bench in the hall, smoothed his gloves.

A small shell, with chips of malachite, was before the face.

The sheet was as white as marble, the pool as green as malachite.

Instead, Lagerfeld explored the darkness of malachite, iron ore, and marcasite.

The altars at each end of the transept are of malachite, given by the Czar of Russia.

He took up the malachite paper-weight and put it on the telegram.

Word Value for malachite
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Words with friends

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