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   Lode

   /lōd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a vein of metal ore in the earth: "the tin oxide was very thinly scattered within the lode"
   • ▪ a rich source of something: "a rich lode of scandal and alleged crime"

   Word Origin Old Englishlād ‘way, course’, variant of load. The term denoted a watercourse in late Middle English and a lodestone in the early 16th century The current sense dates from the early 17th century.

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   What does Lode mean in English?

   • The now-archaic lode continues the old sense of Old English lád "way, course, journey" but by the 19th century survived only dialectally in the sense of "watercourse", as a technical term in mining, and in the compounds lodestone, lodestar. The Broken Hill lode is the largest yet discovered.

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   What is a lode in geology?

   • In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fracture (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock.

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   What is a lode of gold?

   • If you work in a mine and you find a stripe of gold that seems to stretch on forever, you’ve found a lode of gold — a supply vein of ore. You’re also rich. Don’t confuse lode with load. They sound exactly the same, but while load means a big pile of something, lode means that something’s original source.

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   Is lode mining geared towards local democracy?

   • Lode is geared towards local democracy. With metal bearing lodes, the amount of metal found from place to place just cannot be predicted accurately, and one cannot do very much about it by sinking boreholes. But even where a lease is granted for lode mining the amount of surface which is required for working quite a substantial mine is very small.

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   noun. a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous. any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations. a rich supply or source. British. a waterway or channel. lode. / ləʊd / noun. a deposit of valuable ore occurring between definite limits in the surrounding rock; vein. a deposit of metallic ore filling a fissure in the surrounding rock. lode.

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   Lode is a noun that means a layer of metal in its natural form as ore in the ground. Learn how to use it in sentences, see related words and phrases, and find translations in different languages.

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   They sound exactly the same, but while load means a big pile of something, lode means that something’s original source. It usually refers to valuable metals, but you can find a lode of anything, like the lollipop lode at a candy factory or a lode of laughter at a comedy show.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word lode, a noun for a line of ore in the ground or in rocks. Find out more with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app and the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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