mineral /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/noun 7adjective 1forms 1 noun7 •Any naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one.The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical. — 1883 •Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable). •Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition. •(UK) Mineral water. •(Ireland, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can. •(no longer used) A mine or mineral deposit.O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure — 1599 •(no longer used) A poisonous or dangerous substance....Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…] — 1603 adjective1 •of, related to, or containing minerals formsminerals
