VENTIFACT

Meaning of VENTIFACT in English

Pronunciation: ' ven-t ə - ˌ fakt

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin vent us + English art ifact

Date: 1911

: a stone worn, polished, or faceted by windblown sand

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

VENTIFACT — noun Etymology: Latin ventus + English artifact Date: 1911 a stone worn, polished, or faceted by windblown sand
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VENTIFACT — -ˌfakt noun Etymology: venti- + -fact (as in artifact ) : a stone worn, polished, or faceted by windblown sand …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VENTIFACT — /ven"teuh fakt'/ , n. Geol. a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENTIFACT — n. rillstone, stone whose surface has been worn down by erosion caused by wind-driven sand (Geology)
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VENTIFACT — noun Etymology: Latin vent us + English art ifact Date: 1911 : a stone worn, polished, or faceted by windblown …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VENTIFACT — [ 'vɛntɪfakt ] ■ noun Geology a stone shaped by the erosive action of wind-blown sand. Origin early 20th cent.: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VENTIFACT — [ven.ti.fact] n [L ventus + E artifact] (1911): a stone worn, polished, or faceted by windblown sand
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VENTIFACT — stone that has received one or more highly polished, flattened facets as a result of erosion by windblown sand. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
VENTIFACT — n. a stone shaped by wind-blown sand. [L ventus wind + factum neut. past part. of facere make]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VENTIFACT — n. a stone shaped by wind-blown sand. [ L ventus wind + factum neut. past part. of facere make ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VENTIFACT — n. a stone shaped by wind-blown sand. Etymology: L ventus wind + factum neut. past part. of facere make
Oxford English vocab
RILLSTONE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rill (I) + stone; intended as translation of German rillenstein, from rille furrow + stein stone : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLYPTOLITH — ˈgliptəˌlith noun ( -s ) Etymology: glypt- + -lith : ventifact
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EINKANTER — ˈīnˌkäntə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, literally, something having one edge, from ein one (from Old High German) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DREIKANTER — ˈdrīˌkäntə(r), -kan- noun ( plural dreikanters or dreikanter ) Etymology: German, literally, one having three edges, from drei three (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RILLSTONE — n. ventifact, stone whose surface has been worn down by erosion caused by wind-driven sand (Geology)
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