See Also: danburite(medicine)
danburite(dictionary)

abbreviate (oh) and danburite (iou)


abbreviate (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of abbreviare, from Latin brevis 'short']
to make a word or expression shorter by not including letters or using only the first letter of each word
-synonym shorten shorten be abbreviated to sth
::'Information technology' is usually abbreviated to 'IT'.

danburite (iou)



danburite noun. M19.
[from Danbury, Connecticut, US + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. An orthorhombic calcium borosilicate, usu. occurring as colourless, yellow, or brownish prisms.