"claystone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: claystones [plural]
Etymology: clay + stone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clay|stone}} clay + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} claystone (countable and uncountable, plural claystones)
  1. (geology) Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Rocks Translations (sedimentary rock composed of fine, clay particles): kleisteen (Dutch), savikivi (Finnish), argilite (French), Tonstein (German), iłowiec [masculine] (Polish), ílovec [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-claystone-en-noun-m0D0Xp53 Disambiguation of Rocks: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'sedimentary rock composed of fine, clay particles': 98 2
  2. One of the concretionary nodules in alluvial deposits. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-claystone-en-noun-La92kDFL

Inflected forms

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