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baserock

baserock noun: the layer of hardrock that lies beneath any surface soil, clay, silt, gravel, and/or sedimentary rock.

Noun

baserock (uncountable)

  1. The layer of hardrock that lies beneath any surface soil, clay, silt, gravel, and/or sedimentary rock.
    • The crack extends down to the baserock and up to the dam crest.1997, Y. Ohama, Polymers in Concrete, page 187
    • When the baserock appears at the surface, it is called a rock outcrop.2008, Ikuo Towhata, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, page 104

Questions about baserock

What does baserock mean?
Baserock means the layer of hardrock that lies beneath any surface soil, clay, silt, gravel, and/or sedimentary rock.
What part of speech is baserock?
Baserock is a noun.

Words near baserock in the dictionary

  1. baseplates
  2. baseplating
  3. basepoint
  4. basepoints
  5. baser
  6. baserock
  7. baserunner
  8. baserunners
  9. baserunning
  10. bases
  11. bases juiced

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