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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GABBRO

From Italian, probably from Latin glaber smooth, bald.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GABBRO

gabbro  [ˈɡæbrəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GABBRO

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Gabbro 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 GABBRO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Gabbro

Gabbro /ˈɡæbroʊ/ refers to a large group of dark, often phaneritic, mafic intrusive igneous rocks chemically equivalent to plutonic basalt. It forms when molten magma is trapped beneath the Earth's surface and slowly cools into a holocrystalline mass. The vast majority of the Earth's surface is underlain by gabbro within the oceanic crust, produced by basaltic magmatism at mid-ocean ridges that produce ophiolites. It is also present in association with continental volcanism. Due to its variant nature, the term "gabbro" may loosely be applied to a wide range of rocks, many of which are merely "gabbroic", technically speaking. In comparison, their extrusive counterparts, basalt and andesite cover most of the gabbroic designations. Mineral assemblage of igneous rocks...

Definition of gabbro in the English dictionary

The definition of gabbro in the dictionary is a dark coarse-grained basic plutonic igneous rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and often olivine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GABBRO


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ˈærəʊ
bro
brəʊ
bro.
brəʊ
bureau
ˈbjʊərəʊ
claro
ˈklɑːrəʊ
Dobro
ˈdəʊbrəʊ
Ebro
ˈiːbrəʊ
euro
ˈjʊərəʊ
fibro
ˈfaɪbrəʊ
grow
ɡrəʊ
hero
ˈhɪərəʊ
hydro
ˈhaɪdrəʊ
metro
ˈmɛtrəʊ
micro
ˈmaɪkrəʊ
narrow
ˈnærəʊ
Negro
ˈniːɡrəʊ
outro
ˈaʊtrəʊ
pedro
ˈpedrəʊ
primero
prɪˈmɛərəʊ
pro
prəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GABBRO

gabbart
gabbed
gabber
gabbier
gabbiest
gabbiness
gabbing
gabble
gabblement
gabbler
gabbroic
gabbroid
gabbroitic
gabby
gabelle
gabelled
gabeller
gaberdine
gaberlunzie
gaberlunzie-man

WORDS THAT END LIKE GABBRO

allegro
bistro
Caro
Castro
cuatro
dinero
duro
electro
giro
intro
libero
macro
maestro
Montenegro
Nero
Rio de Janeiro
ro
to and fro
toro
zero

Synonyms and antonyms of gabbro in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gabbro» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GABBRO

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辉长岩
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Translator English - Spanish

gabro
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gabbro
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Translator English - Hindi

gabbro
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Translator English - Arabic

الجابرو
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Translator English - Russian

габбро
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Translator English - Portuguese

gabro
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Translator English - Bengali

gabbro
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Translator English - French

gabbro
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Translator English - Malay

Gabbro
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Translator English - German

Gabbro
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Translator English - Japanese

斑糲岩
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Translator English - Korean

반려암
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Translator English - Javanese

Gabbro
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Translator English - Vietnamese

gabro
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Translator English - Tamil

gabbro
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Translator English - Marathi

गिब्रा
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Translator English - Turkish

gabro
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Translator English - Italian

gabbro
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Translator English - Polish

gabro
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Translator English - Ukrainian

габро
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Translator English - Romanian

Gabbro
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Translator English - Greek

γάβρος
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gabbro
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Translator English - Swedish

gabbro
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Translator English - Norwegian

gabbro
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Trends of use of gabbro

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GABBRO»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GABBRO» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GABBRO»

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The gneisses, gabbro-schists, and associated rocks of ...
Christopher Webber Hall. Page. Gneiss, exposures of 28-29 kaolinic, origin of 32 mineral constituents of 49-60 Gneissoid granite, description of exposures of 25 occurrence of 27 Golden Gate, exposures of gneiss near 25 Granite Falls, ...
Christopher Webber Hall, 1899
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Geology of Titanium-mineral Deposits
Photomicrograph of oxide minerals interstitial to cumulate orthopyroxene in gabbro-hosted layers of an Upper Works body, San- ford Lake district, New York. Transmitted plane light, 6-mm field. Gabbro2 is subordinate to anorthosite in areal ...
Eric R. Force, 1991
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Ophiolite Concept and the Evolution of Geological Thought
The second product of crystallization of the ophiolitic magma is the gabbro, which is typically cut by diabase-spilite. From this sequence of crystallization, one may explain the endomorphic contact phenomena in the gabbro which, in the ...
Yildirim Dilek, Sally Newcomb, 2003
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Petrologic and Structural History of Tobago, West Indies: A ...
The major igneous minerals in the gabbro-diorite unit are calcic plagioclase, hornblende, augite, and Fe-Ti oxides. Apatite is a ubiquitous accessory mineral. Augite is typically subhedral and partially to completely armored by dark green (Z  ...
Arthur W. Snoke, 2001
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Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence
Whole-rock Rb-Sr isochron dates of granitic country rock, Windimurra gabbro, pegmatite, various felsic and mafic dikes Table 7.1 1. Average initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios for Windimurra gabbro, porphyry dikes, quartz dolerite and pegmatite Granitic ...
Gunter Faure, 2001
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Santorini Volcano
Middle Pumice 6 8424 Gabbro orthocumulate. Unit B, Balos. 7 84219 Oxidized gabbro cumulate. Unit B, east of Cape Balos. 8 8426 Altered gabbro cumulate. Unit B, Cape Akrotiri. 9 8423 Uralitized gabbro cumulate. Unit B, Balos. 10 8422 ...
Timothy H. Druitt, 1999
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Tectonic Evolution of the Oman Mountains:
Mantle peridotite, the MTZ, layered gabbro, upper gabbro (foliated gabbro, massive gabbro and vari-textured gabbro) and a sheeted dyke complex are successively exposed from west to east. Although plagioclase wehrlite and wehrlite are ...
H.R. Rollinson, M.P. Searle, I.A. Abbasi, 2014
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Ophiolites, Arcs, and Batholiths: A Tribute to Cliff Hopson
Plutonic Rocks The crustal plutonic sequence, where nearly complete, consists of hundreds of meters of gabbro, grading abruptly to diorite and quartz diorite at the very top (e.g., Fig. 3A, #1, and #9; Fig. 4). The gabbro, where well exposed and ...
James Earl Wright, John W. Shervais, 2008
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Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ivanpah Quadrangle, ...
To the north, the gabbro mass is buried under Bozarth Mesa except for small exposures on the east wall of the mesa. Several dikes of gabbro and diabase, 100 to 300 feet wide, occur in a zone extending southwest ward from Lucy Peak to ...
Donnel Foster Hewett, 1956
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
In contrast to these finegrained layers, some pegmatitic gabbro containing hornblende crystals as much as 2 cm wide and 8 cm long was seen in talus blocks, but none was seen in place, and the relation of this pegmatitic material to more ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GABBRO»

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Building boom behind growth in Qatar economy
Last week, Ashghal also signed a deal with Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) that will provide 51 million tonnes of gabbro and 41 ... «The National, Jul 15»
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Notes from the underground
Even harder is gabbro. Unlike the basalt that makes up much of the Coast Range, which cooled quickly after erupting on the ocean floor, ... «Corvallis Gazette Times, Jul 15»
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Ashghal and Qatar Primary Materials Company sign framework …
Under this agreement, QPMC will provide Ashghal with 41 million t of limestone and 51 million t of gabbro aggregates in order to continue and ... «World Cement, Jul 15»
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Qatar's Ashghal, QPMC sign agreement for 92m tonne materials …
The deal will see QPMC supply 41 million tonnes of limestone and 51 million tonnes of gabbro aggregates over a period of five years, sufficient ... «MEConstructionNews.com, Jul 15»
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Impact Minerals to shine with Platinum Group Metals find at Broken Hill
Red Hill which contains the high priority Red Hill discovery, and prospects at Rockwell and the Little Broken Hill Gabbro. - Platinum Springs ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Jul 15»
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Qatar's Ashghal purchases 100m tonnes of materials
The deal will provide Ashghal 51m tonnes of gabbro and 41m tonnes of limestone, as part of ongoing efforts to ensure the availability of ... «Construction Week Online, Jul 15»
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Australia- Impact Minerals to shine with Platinum Group Metals find …
Red Hill which contains the high priority Red Hill discovery and prospects at Rockwell and the Little Broken Hill Gabbro. - Platinum Springs ... «MENAFN.COM, Jul 15»
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Ashghal, QPMC sign agreement for 51mn tonnes gabbro supply
It can be relied on to provide primary materials of gabbro and limestone, as well as fine and washed sand within the required quantities for the ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
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Dean Quarry 'would bring in up to £190m'
A controversial quarry project could generate up to £190m for Cornwall's economy, claims a report. Shire Oak Quarries wants to mine gabbro ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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International Montoro Resources Inc.: Pecors Exploration Update
MontoroResources.com. Don Hawke, P.Geo., comments: " the report indicates that the core visually described as gabbro during the logging is ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»

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