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breccioid

breccioid adjective: resembling breccia.

Adjective

breccioid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling breccia.
    • A coarse breccioid or large pebbly mass at the base.1846, Ebenezer Emmons, Agriculture of New-York: Soils, page 83
    • Above these shales we find a light, soft sandstone, sometimes of conglomeratic or breccioid structure, in moderately thick layers.1916, Johan August Udden, The Thrall Oil Field, volume 2, page 10

Origin of breccioid

From breccia + -oid.

Questions about breccioid

What does breccioid mean?
Breccioid means resembling breccia.
What part of speech is breccioid?
Breccioid is an adjective.

Words near breccioid in the dictionary

  1. brecciating
  2. brecciation
  3. brecciations
  4. breccio-conglomerate
  5. breccioconglomerate
  6. breccioid
  7. Breceda
  8. Brecedas
  9. Brechbuehler
  10. Brecheisen
  11. Brecheisens

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