Perlite Definition

pʉrlīt
noun
A greenish volcanic glass, similar to obsidian, with a pearly luster and multiple, minute concentric cracks, used as insulation and in making concrete, plaster, etc.
Webster's New World

Pearlite.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Perlite

Noun

Singular:
perlite
Plural:
perlites

Origin of Perlite

  • French (from perle pearl) (from Old French pearl1) or German Perlit (from Perle pearl) (ultimately from Vulgar Latin pernula)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French perle (“pearl") + -ite

    From Wiktionary

Perlite Sentence Examples

  • These globular bodies are, in fact, merely the more coherent portions of a perlite; the rest of the rock falls down in a fine powder setting free the glassy spheres.

  • The amount of water adsorbed on the surface of Perlite is a function of particle size.

  • Make a propagating compost from three parts sphagnum moss peat to one part perlite, sieved bark or acid sand.

  • The first dish uses just water, but they are difficult to keep upright so I now use perlite soaked with water.

  • Water retention by horticultural perlite is not an indiscriminate action.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With P7 Letter Words Ending With E