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BOULDER CLAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boulder clay mean?
• BOULDER CLAY (noun)
The noun BOULDER CLAY has 1 sense:
1. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
Familiarity information: BOULDER CLAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
boulder clay; till
Hypernyms ("boulder clay" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
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