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UK
/lˈəʊd/
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[ US /ˈɫoʊd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫoʊd/ ]
NOUN
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
How To Use lode In A Sentence
- Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
- An established order of seeing, of understanding, of ruling, is simply exploded - the Modernist spirit asserts itself.
- To wake up with her belly-up and demanding affection is to have your heart explode with the kind of joy that compels some people into a life of large-scale oil painting.
- To believe that Obama is a socialist merely assumes his continued commitment to a world he has long described as his lodestar. Radical-In-Chief
- When flammable powders are dispersed in the air, they can explode.
- The sight of the fireball was followed by a sonic boom as the meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Barwell near Leicester. Times, Sunday Times
- Strange emotions welled up inside her until she felt like she was going to explode from the pressure C7: Chapter Five – Lost on Earth « Write Anything
- Due to the very long stroke and alloy conrods, the motor is redlined at 7,000 and will definitely explode if persistently over-revved.
- As the days and games tick by, perhaps they will implode under the pressure of expectation. Times, Sunday Times
- Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom