LATERITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laterite mean? 

• LATERITE (noun)
  The noun LATERITE has 1 sense:

1. a red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides

  Familiarity information: LATERITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("laterite" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

 Context examples 

For their study, the Sri Lankan research team built a set of identical walls from materials commonly used to build homes in the tropics, including brick, cement blocks, mud bricks and Cabook – bricks made from laterite soil.

(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)