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UNCONSOLIDATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unconsolidated mean?
• UNCONSOLIDATED (adjective)
The adjective UNCONSOLIDATED has 1 sense:
1. loose and unstratified
Familiarity information: UNCONSOLIDATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loose and unstratified
Context example:
unconsolidated soil
Similar:
loose (not compact or dense in structure or arrangement)
Context examples
Downward movement of unconsolidated mass of mud, sediment, and rock.
(Debris slide, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
Solid, in place rock underlying unconsolidated sediments or other superficial material.
(Bedrock substrate, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
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