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caprock

caprock noun: a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.

Noun

caprock (countable and uncountable, plural caprocks)

  1. A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
    • Last month, federal scientists said that the company had fallen far behind schedule because a huge rig hired to drill down about 12,000 feet, or more than two miles, on federal land had not been able to pierce surface formations called caprock.2009 September 3, James Glanz, “Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021
    • Meanwhile, there were houses going up within gunshot of the caprock.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 424

Forms of caprock

pluralcaprocks
alternative formcap rock

Origin of caprock

From cap + rock.

Questions about caprock

What does caprock mean?
Caprock means a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
What part of speech is caprock?
Caprock is a noun.
What is the plural of caprock?
The plural of caprock is caprocks.

Words near caprock in the dictionary

  1. caprizant
  2. capro-
  3. caproaldehyde
  4. caproate
  5. caproates
  6. caprock
  7. caprocks
  8. caprofen
  9. caproic
  10. caproic acid
  11. caproid

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