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Meaning of "wood opal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WOOD OPAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOOD OPAL

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Wood opal 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 WOOD OPAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wood Opal

Wood opal either is a form of petrified wood which has developed on opalescent sheen or, more rarely, where the wood has been completely replaced by opal.

Definition of wood opal in the English dictionary

The definition of wood opal in the dictionary is a form of petrified wood impregnated by common opal.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOOD OPAL

wood coal
wood duck
wood engraver
wood engraving
wood hedgehog
wood hyacinth
wood ibis
wood melic
wood melick
wood nymph
wood owl
wood pigeon
wood pitch
wood preservative
wood pulp
wood rat
wood sage
wood shavings
wood sorrel
wood spirit

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOOD OPAL

archiepiscopal
Bhopal
black opal
chorepiscopal
copal
episcopal
fire opal
hemitropal
liver opal
nopal
opal
pericopal
syncopal

Synonyms and antonyms of wood opal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wood opal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOOD OPAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

木欧泊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

opal madera
570 millions of speakers

English

wood opal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकड़ी ओपल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوبال الخشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дерево опал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

opala madeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠ ওপেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opale de bois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kayu opal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holz opal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木材オパール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나무 오팔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Opal kayu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

opal gỗ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மர ஓபல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाकूड ओपल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ahşap opal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legno opale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drewna opalowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дерево опал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

opal lemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξύλο οπάλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hout opaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trä opal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tre opal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wood opal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD OPAL»

The term «wood opal» is used very little and occupies the 183.373 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD OPAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wood opal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wood opal» 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 wood opal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOOD OPAL»

Discover the use of wood opal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wood opal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bulletin - United States Geological Survey
Alpine County, at Redwood Lake, occurs as wood opal. Amador County, wood opal at Volcano. Butte County, wood opal at Dodson mine. Calaveras County, common and hyalite opal at Mokelumne Hill ; wood opal at Chile Gulch, Bald Hill,  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
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The World of Opals
County: widespread deposits of diatomaceous earth; Sierra County: wood opal is widespread in small amounts; Siskiyou County: near Dunsmuir there is a deposit of precious opal, and a greenish stalactitic and coralloidal opal occurs in "The ...
Allan W. Eckert, 1997
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Useful minerals of the United States
Alpine County, at Redwood Lake, occurs as wood opal. Amador County, wood opal at Volcano. Butte County, wood opal at Dodson mine. Calaveras County, common and hyalite opal at Mokelumne Hill; wood opal at Chile Gulch, Bald Hill,  ...
‎1917
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the ...
1268. OPAL- JASPER. Bilin, Bohemia. MenUite. 1269. MENILITE. Menil Montant, Paris. Wood-opal. 1270. WOOD-OPAL (exogenous). Libethen, Hungary. 1271. WOOD-OPAL (exogenous). Kasbau, Hungary. 1272. WOOD-OPAL (exogenous).
Geological Survey of India, 1883
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A descriptive catalogue of the collections of minerals in ...
1268. OPAL- JASPER. Bilin, Bohemia. MeniUte. 1269. MENILITE. Menil Montant, Paris. Wood-opal. 1270. WOOD-OPAL (exogenous). Libethen, Hungary. 1271. WOOD-OPAL (exogenous). Kashau, Hungary. 1272. WOOD-OPAL (exogenous).
Geological Survey of India. Museum, Frederick Richard Mallet, 1883
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Bulletin
Cacholong is a pearl-like opal. Chrysopal or prase opal is a name applied to a greenish opal found with chrysoprase. Moss opal is common opal with moss-like inclusions of pyrolusite, chlorite, etc. Wood opal is very abundant in the State, ...
‎1923
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Bulletin
Cacholong is a pearl-like opal. Chrysopal or prase opal is a name applied to a greenish opal found with chrysoprase. Moss opal is common opal with moss.-like inclusions of pyrolusite, chlorite, etc. Wood opal is very abundant in the State, ...
California State Mining Bureau, 1914
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Minerals of California
Cacholong is a pearl-like opal. Chrysopal or prase opal is a name applied to a greenish opal found with chrysoprase. Moss opal is common opal with moss-like inclusions of pyrolusite, chlorite, etc. Wood opal is very abundant in the State, ...
Arthur Starr Eakle, 1914
9
Rockhounding Nevada
... the rough dirt road. (This road is usually OK Black, brown, and white opalized wood from Opal Wood Hill. for high-clearance vehicles, but I would not recommend trying it. 63 Cottonwood Spring: Opalized Wood Opal Wood Hill: Opalized Wood.
William A. Kappele, 1998
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A Descriptive Catalogue of a New Collection of Minerals in ...
Wood Opal, of a yellowish-brown colour, externally partly of a pitch-black, partly of a greyish-white decomposed surface ; from Telkobanya, Hungary. 516. Wood Opal, of a pitch-black colour, mixed with yellowish- white stripes ; from Tokay, ...
Carl Ludwig Giesecke, 1832

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOOD OPAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wood opal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bonhams Offers Art Jewelry by Legendary Designers from Cartier to …
A late-19th century opal cameo brooch that is attributed to him, estimated at ... Another superb Grima piece is a wood opal and diamond pendant necklace and ... «ArtfixDaily, Mar 15»
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Hitting it Big in the Middle of Nowhere: Three Locals Find Over …
Three Watauga County locals hit it big during an August trip to Nevada to dig for the rarest type of opal in the world, wood opals called “conk” after the bacteria ... «Hcpress, Nov 12»

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