sandstone
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sandstone¹
- /ˈsændˌstəʊn/ UK
- /ˈsændˌstoʊn/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun sandstones
- A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc. 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.
Sandstone²
proper noun
- A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.
- A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
- A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: stone, gritty, stoneware, earthenware, arenite, gritstone, arkose, graywacke, litharenite, orthoquartzite, quartzarenite, freestone, flagstone, sandrock, calcarenite, psammite
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noun sand/clay sedimentary rock
| Español | arenisca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사암 saam |
| 日本語 | 砂岩 |
| 中文 | 砂岩 shāyán |
| हिन्दी | बलुआ पत्थर baluā patthar |
| Português | arenito |
| Français | grès |
| Deutsch | Sandstein |
| Italiano | arenaria |
| Ελληνικά | ψαμμίτης psammítis |
| Română | gresie |
| Русский | песча́ник pesčánik |
| Tiếng Việt | sa thạch |
| العربية | حَجَر رَمْلِيّ ḥajar ramliyy |
| עברית | אֶבֶן חוֹל éven khól |
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