Bole vs. Silicate — What's the Difference?

The trunk of a tree.

In chemistry, a silicate is any member of a family of anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula [SiO(4−2x)−4−x]n, where 0 ≤ x < 2. The family includes orthosilicate SiO4−4 (x = 0), metasilicate SiO2−3 (x = 1), and pyrosilicate Si2O6−7 (x = 0.5, n = 2).

Any of various soft fine clays, especially a reddish-brown variety used as a pigment.

Any of numerous compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; a salt of silicic acid.

A moderate reddish brown.

Any of a large group of minerals, forming over 90 percent of the earth's crust, that consist of SiO2 or SiO4 groupings combined with one or more metals and sometimes hydrogen.

The trunk or stem of a tree.

(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates

Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.

A salt of silicic acid.

(colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay.

A salt or ester derived from silicic acid

(obsolete) A bolus; a dose.

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.

Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.

A bolus; a dose.

A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa