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spinels

The correct spelling is spinels.

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noun

Say it like: Spi-nel-s

The correct spelling is spinels. Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.

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  1. 1.Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
  2. 2.Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
  3. 3.Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

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