"sedimentary" meaning in English

See sedimentary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/, /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sedimentary.wav
Etymology: From sediment + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sediment|ary}} sediment + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sedimentary (not comparable)
  1. (geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geology, Rocks Derived forms: biosedimentary, metasedimentary, morphosedimentary, nonsedimentary, sedimentary basin, sedimentary rock, synsedimentary Coordinate_terms: igneous, metamorphic Translations (composed of sediment): утаечен (utaečen) (Bulgarian), sedimentari (Catalan), kerrostunut (Finnish), sedimenttinen (Finnish), sedimentti- (Finnish), sédimentaire (French), sedimentario (Galician), sedimentario (Italian), parataiao (Maori), sedimentær (Norwegian Bokmål), sedimentær (Norwegian Nynorsk), sedimentário (Portuguese), sedimentar (Romanian), оса́дочный (osádočnyj) (Russian), sedimentario (Spanish), tortul (Turkish), tortulu (Turkish), tunmal (Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/, /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sedimentary.wav Forms: sedimentaries [plural]
Etymology: From sediment + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sediment|ary}} sediment + -ary Head templates: {{en-noun}} sedimentary (plural sedimentaries)
  1. A rock of this kind.
    Sense id: en-sedimentary-en-noun-5vH1DsUS

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}

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