LACCOLITH


Meaning of LACCOLITH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈla-kə-ˌlith ]

noun

Etymology: Greek lakkos pond, reservoir + English -lith — more at lake

Date: 1879

: a mass of igneous rock that is intruded between sedimentary beds and produces a domical bulging of the overlying strata

• lac·co·lith·ic ˌla-kə-ˈli-thik adjective

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