Sandstone
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc. countable, uncountable
"It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space."
- 2 a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) wordnet
- 1 A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.
- 2 A place in the United States:; A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
- 3 A place in the United States:; A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota.
- 4 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
Example
More examples"Can you tell the difference between granite and sandstone?"
Etymology
From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).
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