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cherty

/ˈt͡ʃɜɹti/

cherty adjective: containing chert.

Adjective

cherty (comparative chertier, superlative chertiest)

  1. Containing chert.
    • Rudely shaped, of hard cherty rock, flat on the inner face, convex on the back. 2759.1879, James Stevenson, Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879
    • Its mineralogical constitution is not simple; in some parts the rock is of a cherty, in others of a feldspathic nature, including thin veins of serpentine.1913, Charles Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World

Forms of cherty

comparativechertier
superlativechertiest

Origin of cherty

From chert + -y.

Words formed from cherty

Words that rhyme with cherty

Questions about cherty

What does cherty mean?
Cherty means containing chert.
What part of speech is cherty?
Cherty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cherty?
Cherty is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɜɹti/.

Words near cherty in the dictionary

  1. chertify
  2. chertifying
  3. chertiness
  4. cherts
  5. Chertsey
  6. cherty
  7. cherub
  8. cherubic
  9. cherubical
  10. cherubically
  11. cherubim

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