OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31500

lode

/ləʊd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
filón • veta
A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
The metals traditionally sought in the Bristol Bay region have been gold and copper, mostly in deposits near Lake Iliamna. An exception is a gold lode discovered about 1930 near Sl…
montón
A rich source of supply.
In recent years, Jack Grieve of the department of English and linguistics at the University of Birmingham in England has embraced Twitter as a bountiful lode for looking at languag…
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