Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - A yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore.

edit
Usage examples (4)
  • A minor amount is recovered from the mineral wulfenite.
  • Molybdenum is also found in the mineral wulfenite (Pb (MoO4), lead molybdate).
  • Deposits of wulfenite have been worked on a small scale in Arizona.
  • There were other mines that were quite productive though including a few gold mines along with uranium, asbestos, vanadinite and wulfenite mines.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.