sandstone

[ sand-stohn ]
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noun
  1. a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.

Origin of sandstone

1
First recorded in 1660–70; sand + stone

Words Nearby sandstone

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How to use sandstone in a sentence

  • Her father built a successful business and the family lives in an $800,000 sandstone house in a posh Glasgow suburb.

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  • Nice places to live, where the kids can run through the hilly yards behind sandstone apartment blocs.

  • In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.

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  • To begin with, the bar was of pinkish sandstone, smoothed and covered by a coating of plastic.

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  • Built of red sandstone, rich with sculptures and of graceful and harmonious architecture, there are few cathedrals more pleasing.

  • Sometimes they would clamp a crooked stick between a grooved piece of sandstone and a flat bone.

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  • When the Cave-men pulled the shaft back and forth on the sandstone, they made deep grooves in it.

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British Dictionary definitions for sandstone

sandstone

/ (ˈsændˌstəʊn) /


noun
  1. any of a group of common sedimentary rocks consisting of sand grains consolidated with such materials as quartz, haematite, and clay minerals: used widely in building

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Scientific definitions for sandstone

sandstone

[ săndstōn′ ]


  1. A medium-grained sedimentary rock consisting of fine to coarse sand-sized grains that have been either compacted or cemented together by a material such as silica, iron oxide, or calcium carbonate. Although sandstone usually consists primarily of quartz, it can also consist of other minerals, and it can vary in color from yellow or red to gray or brown.

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Cultural definitions for sandstone

sandstone

A sedimentary rock formed of sand-sized grains that have been either compacted or cemented together. Although sandstone usually consists primarily of quartz, it can also consist of other minerals.

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