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HORNFELS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hornfels mean?
• HORNFELS (noun)
The noun HORNFELS has 1 sense:
1. a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
Familiarity information: HORNFELS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
hornfels; hornstone
Hypernyms ("hornfels" is a kind of...):
metamorphic rock (rock altered by pressure and heat)
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