Meaning Of The Word Meteorite

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meteorite
countable noun: A meteorite is a large piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth.

meteorite in American English
that part of a relatively large meteoroid that survives passage through the atmosphere and falls to the surface of a planet or moon as a mass of metal or stone
noun: a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid

meteorite in British English
noun: a rocklike object consisting of the remains of a meteoroid that has fallen on earth. It may be stony (chondrite), iron, or stony iron (pallasite)

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