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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | arenisca, piedra arenisca |
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Catalan | arenisca, pedra arenosa |
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