Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun zeolite

1 sense of zeolite

Sense 1
zeolite -- (any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks)
       => mineral -- (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
       => water softener -- (a substance (such as sodium chloride) that lessens the hardness of water by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions and so gives the water more efficient sudsing power)