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sandstone

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10
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12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈsændˌstəʊn/ (UK)
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/ˈsændˌstəʊn/ (UK) · /ˈsændˌstoʊn/ (US)

Definition of sandstone

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

name

  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:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:

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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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