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greywackes

greywackes is the plural of greywacke.

Meaning of greywacke

Noun

greywacke (countable and uncountable, plural greywackes)

  1. A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
    • Endless bleak, rounded hills composed of shales and ribs of tough ‘greywackes’ make up the Southern Uplands – all of such rocks were originally deposited under marine conditions.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 177

Questions about greywackes

What is greywackes the plural of?
Greywackes is the plural of greywacke.

Words near greywackes in the dictionary

  1. greytails
  2. Greytak
  3. Greytaks
  4. Greytown
  5. greywacke
  6. greywackes
  7. greyware
  8. greywater
  9. greywaters
  10. greywether
  11. greywethers

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