clay stone

American  

Or claystone

noun

Geology.

1. argillite.

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Etymology

Origin of clay stone

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

A chicken is a chicken, but sponge, icing, chocolate and food colouring are the kitchen creator's media, just as clay, stone and paint are for the sculptor or painter.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2012

They made vessels of clay, stone and copper, wove cloth and mats from palm leaves and fashioned other copper objects, including axes, nails and pins.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were always Dodge's assurances, but clay, stone, metal, were cold for a belief to embrace.

From Linda Condon by Hergesheimer, Joseph

The surrounding country abounds in coal, iron ore, oil, clay, stone and timber, for which the city is a distributing centre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

The plow has obliterated these, but has brought to light many evidences of ancient 472 occupation, such as charcoal, ashes, burned clay, stone implements, and human bones.

From Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 by Holmes, William Henry