OLD RED SANDSTONE

Meaning of OLD RED SANDSTONE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized O&R&S

: a thick series of fragmental chiefly sandstone rocks of nonmarine origin, predominantly red in color, and representing the Devonian system in some parts of Great Britain and elsewhere in northwestern Europe

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

OLD RED SANDSTONE — thick sequence of Devonian rocks (formed from 408 to 360 million years ago) that are continental rather than marine in …
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English interlingue dictionary
SANDSTONE — noun Date: 1609 a sedimentary rock consisting of usually quartz sand united by some cement (as silica or calcium carbonate)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
RED — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) red blood cell Red Army Faction Barber Red Erik the Red Grange Red Great …
Английский словарь Британика
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
RED — I. ˈred adjective ( redder ; reddest ) Etymology: Middle English read, reed, red, from Old English rēad; akin to …
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OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
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SANDSTONE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: sand (I) + stone 1. : a sedimentary rock made up of sand that usually consists of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SANDSTONE — (n.) A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
Английский словарь Webster
SANDSTONE — ( n. ) A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SANDSTONE — /sand"stohn'/ , n. a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RED — red 1 — redly , adv. /red/ , n. adj., redder, reddest . n. 1. any of various colors resembling …
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OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
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SANDSTONE — n. soft sedimentary rock formed by the compression of sand and other minerals
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RED — I. ˈred adjective ( red·der ; red·dest ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rēad; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
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SANDSTONE — noun Date: 1609 : a sedimentary rock consisting of usually quartz sand united by some cement (as silica or calcium …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SANDSTONE — noun a rock made of sand more or less firmly united. common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
Webster English vocab
RED — noun a red pigment. 2. red ·- ·impf & ·p.p. of read. 3. red ·adj the menses. 4. red ·noun …
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SANDSTONE — ■ noun sedimentary rock consisting of sand or quartz grains cemented together, typically red, yellow, or brown in colour.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SANDSTONE — [sand.stone] n (1668): a sedimentary rock consisting of usu. quartz sand united by some cement (as silica or calcium carbonate)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster 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
SANDSTONE — sandstone BrE AmE ˈsæn d stəʊn AmE \ -stoʊn ▷ sandstone|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RED — red, Red BrE AmE red ▷ redder ˈred ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ reddest ˈred ɪst -əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SANDSTONE — / ˈsændstəʊn; NAmE -stoʊn/ noun [ U ] a type of stone that is formed of grains of sand tightly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RED — / red; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( red·der , red·dest ) ( informal ) 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
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SANDSTONE — sand ‧ stone /ˈsændstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a type of soft yellow or red rock, often used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RED — I. red 1 S1 W1 /red/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative redder , superlative reddest ) [ Language: Old English …
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OLD
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SANDSTONE — n. 1 any clastic rock containing particles visible to the naked eye. 2 a sedimentary rock of consolidated sand commonly …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RED — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or near the colour seen at the least-refracted end of the visible spectrum, of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SANDSTONE — n. 1 any clastic rock containing particles visible to the naked eye. 2 a sedimentary rock of consolidated sand commonly …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RED — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or near the colour seen at the least-refracted end of the visible spectrum, of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SANDSTONE — n.1 any clastic rock containing particles visible to the naked eye. 2 a sedimentary rock of consolidated sand commonly red, …
Oxford English vocab
RED — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or near the colour seen at the least-refracted end of the visible spectrum, of …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
SANDSTONE — ( sandstones) Sandstone is a type of rock which contains a lot of sand. It is often used for building …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RED — ( reds, redder, reddest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SANDSTONE — (~s) Sandstone is a type of rock which contains a lot of sand. It is often used for building houses …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SANDSTONE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE red ▪ The video opens in a red sandstone canyon. ▪ Built between 1846 …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RED — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a red cell (= the most common type of blood cell ) ▪ The …
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OLD
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SANDSTONE — [noun] [U] - a type of rock formed from sandMost houses in the area are built of sandstone.
Cambridge English vocab
RED
Cambridge English vocab
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
RED — n. red blood corpuscle red blood cell Red Army Faction Barber Red Erik the Red Grange Red Great Red Spot …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
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RED
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
RED — n. red blooded red handed red hot red letter red light district red neck
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
RED — n. 25B6; adjective a red dress : scarlet, vermilion, ruby, cherry, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, blood-red; coral, cochineal, rose; brick-red, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
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OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SANDSTONE — сущ. песчаник Syn : gritstone (минералогия) песчаник sandstone песчаник
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