gangue

Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.

• enPR: găng, IPA^(key): /ɡæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ
• Homophone: gang

gangue (countable and uncountable, plural gangues)

1. (mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
   • 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 147:

     Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.

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• endogangue
• exogangue

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• extractive metallurgy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A borrowing from German Gang (“way, path, trail, track, course, line, duct”).

gangue f (plural gangues)

1. (geology, mining) gangue

• gang (dated)

From English gang.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡi/

gangue m (Portugal) or f (Brazil) (plural gangues)

1. A gang of criminals.