suì
shí

technical
noun

Meaning of 燧石

燧石 means flint; chert; a hard, dense sedimentary rock composed mainly of silica that produces sparks when struck. Pronounced suì shí.

  • flint; chert; a hard, dense sedimentary rock composed mainly of silica that produces sparks when struck

Definitions & Examples

Yuán
shǐ
rén
yòng
suì
shí
xiāng
qiāo
huǒ
 

Primitive people struck flint against flint to make fire.

Zhè
kuài
suì
shí
de
duàn
kǒu
chéng
diǎn
xíng
de
bèi
zhuàng
 

The fracture of this piece of flint shows a typical conchoidal pattern.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
zài
zhè
ge
zhǐ
xiàn
le
liàng
xīn
shí
shí
dài
de
suì
shí
jiàn
tóu
 

Archaeologists discovered a large number of Neolithic flint arrowheads at this site.

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