Silex Definition

sīlĕks
noun
Silica, esp. in the form of flint or quartz.
Webster's New World
Heat-resistant glass made of fused quartz.
Webster's New World
Finely ground tripoli used as an inert paint filler.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Silex

Noun

Singular:
silex
Plural:
silexes

Origin of Silex

  • Latin hard stone, flint

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

  • From Latin silex.

    From Wiktionary

Silex Sentence Examples

  • Three years later, however, the whole road was paved with silex from the temple to Bovillae, and in 191 B.C. the first mile from the gate to the temple was similarly treated.

  • The discovery of boron by Gay Lussac and Davy in 1809 led Berzelius to investigate silica (silex).

  • Under Nerva and Trajan the road was repaired; one inscription records expressly the paving with silex (replacing the former gravelling) of the section from Tripontium, 4 m.

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