silicon oxide

Definitions of silicon oxide

1. noun

   a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
   synonyms: silica, silicon dioxide

   types:

   chert

   variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz

   flint

   a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

   silex

   a pure form of finely ground silica

   gunflint

   the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon

   taconite

   a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore

   firestone

   a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire

   flintstone

   pebbles of flint used in masonry construction

   type of:

   oxide

   any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical