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Agates meaning

plural of agate

Using Agates

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of agate
  • In the example corpus, agates often appears in combinations such as: the agates.

Context around Agates

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

collecting 1× moss 1× superior 1× rainbow 1× dendritic 1×

Often after:

traveling 1×

Sentence patterns with Agates

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

dendritic agates have fern 1× dye the agates in any 1× hunting collecting agates and entertaining 1× lake superior agates traveling and 1× montana moss agates a mere 1× off their agates or rocks 1× termed rainbow agates 1× which the agates are embedded 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also cheap labor 1× buckets of water 1× certain stones when 1× dendritic agates have 1× jill loved rock 1× she also enjoyed 1×

Common sentence endings:

and iron oxides 1× and lobster dinner 1× are set free 1× family and friends 1× kept secret helped 1× million years old 1×

Words around Agates

Just before it in the word index:

agate 41 agata 14 agat 9 agastya 12 agasthyarkoodam 2 agassiz 42

Just after it in the word index:

agatha 168 agathe 9 agathias 4 agatho 6 agathocles 7 agathon 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Agates

  • In this selection, "agates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, collecting, moss, superior and traveling stand out and add context to how "agates" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include dendritic agates have fern and dye the agates in any. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "agates" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with agates

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Jill loved rock hunting, collecting agates and entertaining family and friends. (11 words)

The next oldest are the Montana moss agates, a mere 370 million years old. (14 words)

When the matrix in which the agates are embedded disintegrates, they are set free. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

She also enjoyed fishing, camping, searching for Lake Superior agates, traveling and going on outings with her friend, Eleanor Brehm, which might involve a stop at the Casino on Mondays for the steak and lobster dinner. (36 words)

Buckets of water, filled by the fire department, line the sidewalks so people can wash off their agates or rocks that they have collected to bring out the details and beauty of the stone. (34 words)

Certain stones, when examined in thin sections by transmitted light, show a diffraction spectrum due to the extreme delicacy of the successive bands, whence they are termed rainbow agates. (29 words)

Example sentences (8)

Jill loved rock hunting, collecting agates and entertaining family and friends.

Buckets of water, filled by the fire department, line the sidewalks so people can wash off their agates or rocks that they have collected to bring out the details and beauty of the stone.

The next oldest are the Montana moss agates, a mere 370 million years old.

She also enjoyed fishing, camping, searching for Lake Superior agates, traveling and going on outings with her friend, Eleanor Brehm, which might involve a stop at the Casino on Mondays for the steak and lobster dinner.

Also, cheap labor and a superior knowledge of chemistry allowing them to dye the agates in any color with processes that were kept secret helped.

Certain stones, when examined in thin sections by transmitted light, show a diffraction spectrum due to the extreme delicacy of the successive bands, whence they are termed rainbow agates.

Dendritic agates have fern like patterns in them formed due to the presence of manganese and iron oxides.

When the matrix in which the agates are embedded disintegrates, they are set free.

Common combinations with agates

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "agates" in a sentence?
An example: "Jill loved rock hunting, collecting agates and entertaining family and friends." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "agates" from authentic English texts.
What does "agates" mean?
Agates means: plural of agate
How many example sentences with "agates" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "agates", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.