Word Type

Noun

The word "meteorite" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

hit shark in head near planet earth

Derived Terms

iron meteorite meteoritic meteoriticist meteoritics meteorwrong micrometeorite nuclearite pseudometeorite

Derived From

meteor

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

entity meteor meteoroid

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Leonid achondrite aerolite aerolith ataxite chondrite diogenite hexahedrite howardite lodranite mesosiderite moldavite nonchondrite oligosiderite pallasite shergottite siderite siderolite

Type Of (IsA)

meteor meteoroid stone

Parts (Meronyms)

alabandite chondrule clinoenstatite hibonite kamacite taenite troilite

Related Terms

achondrite aerolite angrite asteroid aubrite baetyl chassignite chondrite fireball meteor meteoroid meteorology nakhlite shergottite tektite ureilite

Related Terms

achondrite aerolite angrite asteroid aubrite chassignite chondrite fireball metallic meteor meteoroid nakhlite object shergottite stony ureilite

Synonym Network

aerolite aerolith

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