Lode

Definitions

1. A way or path; a road.
   obsolete
2. A watercourse.
   dialectal
3. A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
4. A rich source of supply.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“The metals traditionally sought in the Bristol Bay region have⟳ been gold and copper, mostly in deposits near Lake Iliamna. An exception is a gold lode discovered about 1930 near Sleitat Mountain (4), where about $200 in gold was recovered from small quartz veins near the periphery of a small granitic intrusive body.”

“In recent years, Jack Grieve of the department of English and linguistics at the University of Birmingham in England has embraced Twitter as a bountiful lode for looking at language-use patterns.”

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