chert

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UK/t͡ʃɜːt/US/t͡ʃɝt/

noun

Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.

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Meanings

nounchert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)

plural cherts

  1. uncountablegeographyMassive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
  2. countableA flint-like tool made from chert.

Origin

Unknown.

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Translations

Catalan sílex
  • sílexmineral
Chinese Mandarin 燧石
  • 燧石 (suìshí)mineral
Czech rohovec
  • rohovecmineral
Estonian ränikivi
  • ränikivimineral
Finnish sertti
  • serttimineral
French chaille
  • chaillemineral
German Hornstein, Feuerstein
  • Hornsteinmineral
  • Feuersteinmineral
Hebrew חלמיש
  • חלמיש (khalamísh)mineral
Hungarian csert
  • csertmineral
Italian ftanite
  • ftanitemineral
Japanese 角岩, チャート
  • 角岩 (kakugan)mineral
  • チャート (chāto)mineral
Māori whaiapu
  • whaiapumineral
Polish rogowiec
  • rogowiecmineral
Portuguese sílex córneo
  • sílex córneomineral
Russian сла́нец, кремни́стый известня́к
  • сла́нец (slánec)mineral
  • кремни́стый известня́к (kremnístyj izvestnják)mineral
Spanish sílex, pedernal
  • sílexmineral
  • pedernalmineral
Welsh gornfaen
  • gornfaenmineral

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chert

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Anagrams

Rechtretch
Cite this entry
APA

chert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chert

MLA

“chert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chert. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chert.

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