meteorite

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface

From meteor + -ite.

That was before we found the meteorite." — Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope, Victor Appleton
That’s good.” “But it’s something more than a meteorite. — The war of the worlds, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
During one of his voyages Peary brought home three meteorites. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson

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