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cascalho

cascalho noun: a deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand in which diamonds may be found.

Noun

cascalho (uncountable)

  1. (South-America) A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand in which diamonds may be found.

Origin of cascalho

From Portuguese cascalho (“a chip of stone, gravel”).

Questions about cascalho

What does cascalho mean?
Cascalho means a deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand in which diamonds may be found.
What part of speech is cascalho?
Cascalho is a noun.

Words near cascalho in the dictionary

  1. cascadoes
  2. cascados
  3. cascadura
  4. cascaduras
  5. Cascais
  6. cascalho
  7. cascalote
  8. cascalotes
  9. cascandite
  10. Cascar
  11. cascara

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