quartz sand
- noun
- /kwɔrts sænd/
- Specialized
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- The construction of the new glass factory requires large quantities of quartz sand.
Examples
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Most beaches in the world are primarily made of quartz sand.
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Glass is made of melted quartz sand, but it isn't crystalline.
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Silica-based quartz sand fabric, abrasion resistant, heat resistant.
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In the laboratory, we used quartz sand as a key component in our experiments.
Synonyms
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A hard white mineral like quartz found in sand and rocks used to make glass and ceramics
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Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'quartz' (a mineral) and 'sand' (granular material) can readily infer 'quartz sand' means sand made of quartz grains. This noun–noun material description follows a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern for substances and industrial raw materials, so the meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Quartz sand is a name that tells you what the sand is: it is sand made mostly of the hard, glass-like quartz. Because the grains look like tiny bits of glass, people use quartz sand to make real glass and for other industrial uses, so the name shows both the material and its common use.