The meaning of Gangue

Gangue – definition

noun
The commercially valueless material in which ore is found.
Usage examples:
Good ore with some gangue or rock adhering

矸石, 脉石

Ganggesteente

Gangue

Gangart

आधात्री

Ganga

맥석

Пустая порода

Ganga

Word origin

early 19th century: from French, from German Gang ‘course, lode’; related to gang1.

Worder is a free project where you can save words, add translations and study English words.

In order to use our service, you need a free account. You can sign in or sign up an account right now. You can use it in our application afterward.

* The project is being actively developed right now. So, not all functions are available, but we update it regularly.

Please register or authorize in order to use all the features of our service.

🙏 Support our free project clicking on the ads below:

All our English words and phrases are available for learning for free in our mobile application.

We also provide a browser extension which allows you to find words in our database right in your browser.

Or simply scan this code: