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arkose

arkose noun: an arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains.

arkose: an arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains
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Noun

arkose (countable and uncountable, plural arkoses)

  1. An arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains.

arkose meaning in Tamil

arkose in Tamil

களிம நுண்பொடி பாறைவகை

Forms of arkose

pluralarkoses

Origin of arkose

Borrowed from French arkose.

Words formed from arkose

Questions about arkose

What does arkose mean?
Arkose means an arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains.
What is arkose in Tamil?
Arkose in Tamil is களிம நுண்பொடி பாறைவகை. See Arkose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arkose?
Arkose is a noun.
What is the plural of arkose?
The plural of arkose is arkoses.

Words near arkose in the dictionary

  1. arkloads
  2. Arklow
  3. Arko
  4. Arkonam
  5. Arkos
  6. arkose
  7. arkoses
  8. arkosic
  9. arkosite
  10. arks
  11. Arksey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arkose (page history and authors); arkose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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