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mineral
nouns
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
mineral
is made of
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
"that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
rock,
stone
is a type of (narrower)
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
"coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
material,
stuff
adjectives
relating to minerals
"mineral elements"; "mineral deposits"
mineral
composed of matter other than plant or animal
"the inorganic mineral world"
mineral
is similar to
lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
inorganic
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