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carbonaceous ironstone

carbonaceous ironstone noun: a dark, organic-rich sedimentary rock containing more than 15% iron and significant amounts of plant matter or coallike material.

Noun

carbonaceous ironstone (countable and uncountable, plural carbonaceous ironstones)

  1. A dark, organic-rich sedimentary rock containing more than 15% iron and significant amounts of plant matter or coallike material.

Forms of carbonaceous ironstone

pluralcarbonaceous ironstones

Questions about carbonaceous ironstone

What does carbonaceous ironstone mean?
Carbonaceous ironstone means a dark, organic-rich sedimentary rock containing more than 15% iron and significant amounts of plant matter or coallike material.
What part of speech is carbonaceous ironstone?
Carbonaceous ironstone is a noun.
What is the plural of carbonaceous ironstone?
The plural of carbonaceous ironstone is carbonaceous ironstones.

Words near carbonaceous ironstone in the dictionary

  1. carbon-nitrogen cycle
  2. carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
  3. carbonaceous
  4. carbonaceous chondrite
  5. carbonaceous chondrites
  6. carbonaceous ironstone
  7. carbonaceous ironstones
  8. carbonade
  9. carbonades
  10. carbonado
  11. carbonadoed

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