| NOUN | substance | sandstone | a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) |
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| Sounds | sae'ndstow.n; sae'nstow.n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.). | |
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| Narrower | bluestone | Bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building |
| brownstone | A reddish brown sandstone | |
| firestone | A sandstone that withstands intense heat | |
| greensand | An olive-green sandstone containing glauconite | |
| grit, gritrock, gritstone | A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone | |
| holystone | A soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship | |
| siltstone | A fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt | |
| Broader | arenaceous rock | A sedimentary rock composed of sand |
| Spanish | arenisca, piedra arenisca | |
| Catalan | arenisca, pedra arenosa | |
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