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ARGILLITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does argillite mean?
• ARGILLITE (noun)
The noun ARGILLITE has 1 sense:
1. a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
Familiarity information: ARGILLITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("argillite" is a kind of...):
sedimentary rock (rock formed from consolidated clay sediments)
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