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SILTSTONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does siltstone mean?
• SILTSTONE (noun)
The noun SILTSTONE has 1 sense:
1. a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt
Familiarity information: SILTSTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("siltstone" is a kind of...):
sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))
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