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ARENACEOUS ROCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arenaceous rock mean? 

ARENACEOUS ROCK (noun)
  The noun ARENACEOUS ROCK has 1 sense:

1. a sedimentary rock composed of sandplay

  Familiarity information: ARENACEOUS ROCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARENACEOUS ROCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sedimentary rock composed of sand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("arenaceous rock" is a kind of...):

sedimentary rock (rock formed from consolidated clay sediments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arenaceous rock"):

sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))


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