"clast" meaning in English

See clast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klæst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clast.wav Forms: clasts [plural]
Rhymes: -æst Etymology: Back-formation from clastic. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|clastic}} Back-formation from clastic Head templates: {{en-noun}} clast (plural clasts)
  1. (geology) a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit. Wikipedia link: clast Derived forms: bioclast, crystalloclast, epiclast, hyaloclastite, interclast, intraclast, porphyroclast, xenoclast

Inflected forms

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