lode
A watercourseA watercourse.
» These lodes may prove rich enough to be profitably mined.
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Значення
значень: 4(діалектне)A watercourse.
A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
Ader
жи́лаžíla
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
(ширше)A rich source of supply.
Goldgrube
(застаріле)A way or path; a road.
Приклади
речень: 3These lodes may prove rich enough to be profitably mined.
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This is the richest uranium lode I've seen.
The Colorado silver lodes are porous at the surface and colored more or less red or green.
Переклади
мов: 6За значеннями 1
За значеннями 2
Походження
Doublet of load, which has however become semantically restricted. The now-archaic lode coDoublet of load, which has however become semantically restricted. The now-archaic lode continues the old sense of Old English lād (“way, course, journey”) but by the 19th century survived only dialectally in the sense of “watercourse”, as a technical term in mining, and in the compounds lodestone, lodestar.
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Форми
множина: lodesСиноніми
синонімів: 1- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks:load