GRAYWACKE

Meaning of GRAYWACKE in English

noun a conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

GRAYWACKE — noun Etymology: partial translation of German Grauwacke Date: 1811 a coarse usually dark gray sandstone or fine-grained conglomerate composed of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRAYWACKE — or dirty sandstone Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains in a fine-grained clay matrix. The sand-sized grains frequently include rock …
Английский словарь Британика
GRAYWACKE — ˈgrā+ˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: translation of German grauwacke : a coarse sandstone or fine-grained conglomerate that is usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAYWACKE — (n.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together.
Английский словарь Webster
GRAYWACKE — ( n. ) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAYWACKE — /gray"wak', -wak'euh/ , n. Geol. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke. Also, greywacke . [ 1805-15; partly trans., partly adapted from G …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAYWACKE — n. (Geology) coarse-grained wacke of dark gray color
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRAYWACKE — noun Etymology: partial translation of German Grauwacke Date: 1811 : a coarse usually dark gray sandstone or fine-grained conglomerate composed …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAYWACKE — ■ noun US spelling of greywacke .
Concise Oxford English vocab
GRAYWACKE — [gray.wacke] n [partial trans. of G Grauwacke] (1811): a coarse usu. dark gray sandstone or fine-grained conglomerate composed of firmly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAYWACKE — also called dirty sandstone a sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains (0.063-2 mm [0.0025-0.078 inch]) with a fine-grained clay matrix. …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRAYWACKE — graywacke BrE AmE ˈɡreɪ ˌwæk ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRAYWACKE — US var. of GREYWACKE.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAYWACKE — US var. of GREYWACKE.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAYWACKE — n. or dirty sandstone Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains in a fine-grained clay matrix. The sand-sized grains frequently include …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRAYWACKE — горн. граувакка, серая вакка
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GRAYWACKE — n. Pronunciation: ' gr ā - ˌ wak, - ˌ wa-k ə Function: noun Etymology: partial translation of German Grauwacke …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SANDSTONE — Sedimentary rock formed from sand-sized grains (0.0025–0.08 in., or 0.06–2 mm, in diameter). The spaces between grains may be empty …
Английский словарь Британика
FLYSCH — Sequence of shales interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke -like sandstones. Such sequences are usually thousands of yards thick, but the …
Английский словарь Британика
WACKE — ˈwakə noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from Middle High German, large stone, from Old High German waggo : graywacke
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBGRAYWACKE — |səb+ noun Etymology: sub- + graywacke : a graywacke characterized by introduced mineral cement and deposition from normal subaqueous currents
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARENITE — ˈarəˌnīt, əˈrēˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin arena, harena sand + English -ite : medium-grained detrital rock (as sandstone, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAUWACKE — (n.) Graywacke.
Английский словарь Webster
GRAUWACKE — ( n. ) Graywacke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WACKE — /wak"euh/ , n. a poorly sorted sandstone containing fragments of rock and minerals in a clayey matrix. Cf. graywacke . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREYWACKE — /gray"wak', -wak'euh/ , n. graywacke.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BASALT — — basaltic, basaltine /beuh sawl"tin, -tuyn/ , adj. /beuh sawlt", bas"awlt, bay"sawlt/ , n. the dark, dense igneous rock of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WACKE — n. graywacke, impure sandstone containing fragments of rock and minerals and surrounded by clay or silt (Geology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRAUWACKE — noun graywacke.
Webster English vocab
GREYWACKE — [ 'greɪwakə ] ( US graywacke ) ■ noun Geology a dark coarse-grained sandstone containing more than 15 per cent …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SANDSTONE — lithified accumulation of sand-sized grains (0.063 to 2 mm [0.0025 to 0.08 inch] in diameter). It is the second most …
Britannica English vocabulary
JURASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of three …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster English vocab

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