Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!
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Laterite
/ˈlatəɹʌɪt/
Synonyms for "laterite" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
iron-rich soil
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
red soil
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
tropical soil
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2 entrieshard lateriteiron-rich soil
Collocations
6 entriesiron-rich lateritelaterite bricklaterite quarrylaterite soilred lateritetropical laterite
Inflections
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3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Constant tropical rain makes a mush of hard old lavas. The end product is a brick red soil called laterite.
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