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sand·stone (sand′stōn′)
noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
sandstone
n.
Varieties of sandstone include: arkrose, freestone, brownstone, flagstone, bluestone, grit, novaculite, Triassic brownstone, Berea sandstone, Medina sandstone, Potsdam quartzite, Old Red Sandstone, New Red Sandstone;
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- overlie: Throughout the entire area are seams of diabase, with large slabs of diabase in some areas overlying ancient sandstone.
Adjective modifier
- Triassic: At the north end of the reserve area there is an outcrop of Triassic sandstone.
Modifies a noun
- dressing: Windows treated consistently with gray sandstone dressings, all splayed.
Noun used with modifier
- buff-yellow: The aperture for the single bell has a two-centred arch with chamfered dressings in buff-yellow sandstone.
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