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yellowcake Definition

yellow·cake (-kāk′)

noun

a uranium concentrate, primarily (NH)UO or NaUO, obtained by the extraction of uranium from ores

yellowcake Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • buy: Is he, too, buying yellowcake from Niger?

Modifies a noun

  • uranium: My comment... So what if Bush threw them under the bus when truth about yellowcake uranium from Africa came out.

Noun used with modifier

  • uranium: We cannot confirm whether Iraq succeeded in acquiring uranium ore and/or yellowcake from these sources.
  • ore: We cannot confirm whether Iraq succeeded in acquiring uranium ore and/or yellowcake from these sources.