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CLASTIC ROCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clastic rock mean?
• CLASTIC ROCK (noun)
The noun CLASTIC ROCK has 1 sense:
1. (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Familiarity information: CLASTIC ROCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("clastic rock" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)
Meronyms (parts of "clastic rock"):
clast ((geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Derivation:
clastic (of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone))
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