zirconium

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
26
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/

Definition of zirconium

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
    “Do you like how I dance? / I've got zirconium pants / Consequential enough / To slip you into a trance”

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Etymology

From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.

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