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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHERT

Of obscure origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHERT

chert  [tʃɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHERT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chert is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chert

Chert

Chert is a fine-grained silica-rich microcrystalline, cryptocrystalline or microfibrous sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. It varies greatly in color, but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red; its color is an expression of trace elements present in the rock, and both red and green are most often related to traces of iron.

Definition of chert in the English dictionary

The definition of chert in the dictionary is a microcrystalline form of silica usually occurring as bands or layers of pebbles in sedimentary rock. Formula: SiO2. Varieties include flint, lyddite Also called: hornstone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHERT


alert
əˈlɜːt
Blackshirt
ˈblækˌʃɜːt
campshirt
ˈkæmpˌʃɜːt
chirt
tʃɜːt
concert
ˈkɒnsɜːt
convert
kənˈvɜːt
dessert
dɪˈzɜːt
dirt
dɜːt
expert
ˈɛkspɜːt
hurt
hɜːt
insert
ɪnˈsɜːt
nightshirt
ˈnaɪtˌʃɜːt
overshirt
ˈəʊvəˌʃɜːt
redshirt
ˈredˌʃɜːt
shirt
ʃɜːt
skirt
skɜːt
sweatshirt
ˈswɛtˌʃɜːt
tee-shirt
ˈtiːʃɜːt
undershirt
ˈʌndəˌʃɜːt
vert
vɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHERT

cherry orchard
cherry picker
cherry plum
cherry tomato
cherry-like
cherry-pick
cherry-pie
cherry-red
cherrystone
chersonese
Chersonesus Aurea
Chertsey
cherty
cherub
cherubic
cherubical
cherubically
cherubim
cherubimic
cherubin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHERT

advert
albert
assert
cert
Colbert
couvert
covert
desert
exert
gert
gilbert
Herbert
in concert
lambert
on the alert
pervert
Robert
Rupert
Schubert
wert

Synonyms and antonyms of chert in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chert» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHERT

Find out the translation of chert to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chert from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chert» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

燧石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sílex
570 millions of speakers

English

chert
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शीस्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шерт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chert
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chert
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hornstein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チャート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

처트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seneng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá phiến silic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chert
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेरट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuvarslı bir tür kaya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

selce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chert
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шерть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

silex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυριτόλιθο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chert
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chert

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHERT»

The term «chert» is regularly used and occupies the 78.152 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHERT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chert» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chert» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chert

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHERT»

Discover the use of chert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An archaeologist's guide to chert and flint
The aim of this book is to draw together as much information as possible about flint and its properties.
Barbara E. Luedtke, University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Archaeology, 1992
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The Scientific Study of Flint and Chert: Proceedings of the ...
The thirty papers in this 1986 volume review the scientific knowledge of the nature of flint and chert at this time. These papers were presented at a 1983 interdisciplinary and international conference on flint and other cherts.
G. de G. Sieveking, M. B. Hart, 2011
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Archaic Societies: Diversity and Complexity across the ...
Burlington chert was clearly the preferred raw material, but it is unlikely that all of the Burlington-chert points in our sample were manufactured from chert gathered from this section of Missouri. Rather,Burlington chert was also probably ...
Thomas E. Emerson, Thomas E. Emerson, Dale L. McElrath, Andrew C. Fortier, Dale L. McElrath, 2012
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Geologic Evolution of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South ...
Chemical analyses Eighteen carbonaceous chert samples were analyzed at the University of Cape Town by X-ray fluorescence for major and trace elements using the methods described by Willis et al. ( 197 1 , 1972) and by combustion- gas ...
Donald R. Lowe, Gary R. Byerly, 1999
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Written in Stone: The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis
Chemical. Sourcing. of. Hope. well. Bladelets: Implications. for. Building. a. Chert. Database. for. Ohio. James G. Foradas Introduction This study summarizes the results of a test of a new method of sourcing chert that is based on diagnostic ...
P. Nick Kardulias, Richard W. Yerkes, 2003
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Processes on the Early Earth
D), spherule-bearing fine chert pebble conglomerate S2 spherule layer (Fig. 2, loc. E), spherule-bearing fine chert pebble conglomerate Jay's chert (host lithology of S3/4; Fig. 2, loc. F), fine chert pebble conglomerate S3 spherule layer (Fig.
W. U. Reimold, Roger Lawrence Gibson, 2006
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Twelve Millennia: Archaeology of the Upper Mississippi River ...
Ordovician-aged Prairie du Chien limestone contains siliceous deposits of fine- grained material called chert. Throughout the region north of the Wisconsin River, the Prairie du Chien limestone contains two chert-bearing strata, the Shakopee ...
James L Theler, Robert F Boszhardt, 2005
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Tools of a Local Economy: Standardization and Function Among ...
I non-randomly sampled 400 chert artifacts, weighing 1,134.4 grams, out of 3,128 total chert artifacts, weighing a total of 11,200.1 grams, excavated at the group and then exported this sample to the Archaeology Laboratory at University of ...
Lucas R. Martindale Johnson, 2008
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Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Lower Ohio River Valley
chronic changes in chert selection and use as reflecting shifts in hunter-gatherer mobility strategies (Amick and Carr 1996; Conaty 1985, 1987; Moore 2008; Morrow et al. 1992; Munson and Munson 1984). The following discussion identifies ...
Richard W. Jefferies, 2009
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Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and ...
Wyandotte chert. GBL 14/836. Blackford Co., Indiana. b. Kirk Corner Notched. Wyandotte chert. GBL 5/248. Warrick Co., Indiana. c. Kirk Corner Notched. Wyandotte chert. Provenience unknown. d. Kirk Corner Notched. Holland chert.
Noel D. Justice, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHERT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chert is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jurassic bark
Or how about Aglaophyton major, which lived in the Devonian era (around 410 Ma) and is found as fossils in the Rhynie chert deposits in ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
You're never too old to learn a new skill
Flint knapping is the art of shaping flint, chert, obsidian, or glass by reduction. The atlatl is the combination of a spear or dart and a flat stick, ... «Clark Fork Valley Press, Jul 15»
3
Green Chapel Road still an issue
-approved the National Center for Asphalt Technology's (NCAT's) request for county to haul 60 loads of chert material (which NCAT will ... «Opelika Observer, Jul 15»
4
Deadly crash investigation underway in Allendale County
Troopers say a Ford Explorer was driving on Chert Quarry Road around 6:00 a.m. when the SUV went off the road, hit a tree and went down an ... «WRDW-TV, Jul 15»
5
Stones in Archaeology
Students will then make facsimile stone products with hands-on work with chert (i.e. flint knapping your own arrowhead or spear point). «Fort Dodge Messenger, Jul 15»
6
1 dead, 1 injured in Allendale Co. crash - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle …
It happened around 6:00 a.m. at Chert Quarry Road and Johnson Landing Road, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol. Troopers said the car ... «WMBF, Jul 15»
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The Randall Museum Closes for a Makeover, and the Animals Get a …
And there's nothing outmoded about the Randall's bug hikes or geology classes, where kids explore the outcroppings of red chert that literally ... «Bay Nature, Jul 15»
8
Dispatches from the AIA - July/August 2015
Stélida, located on the northwest coast of the island of Naxos, was the southern Aegean's major chert source. SNAP will excavate a prehistoric ... «Archaeological Institute of America Latest News, Jun 15»
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Traffic from Auburn's East Lake subdivision still concerns nearby …
... in transporting 60 loads of chert material less than a mile from the county's pit on Lee Road 151 to assist in the 2015 NCAT test track rebuild. «Opelika Auburn News, Jun 15»
10
Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) Outstanding Opportunity for …
Sugarloaf Hill hosts a distinctive chert horizon across its western flank. - Gold occurs on Sugarloaf Hill in laminated veined quartz grading to ... «ABN Newswire, Jun 15»

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