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hornfelses

hornfelses is the plural of hornfels.

Meaning of hornfels

Noun

hornfels (countable and uncountable, plural hornfelses or hornfels)

  1. Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.

Questions about hornfelses

What is hornfelses the plural of?
Hornfelses is the plural of hornfels.

Words near hornfelses in the dictionary

  1. Horney
  2. Horneys
  3. Horneytown
  4. hornfels
  5. hornfelsed
  6. hornfelses
  7. hornfelsic
  8. hornfish
  9. hornfishes
  10. hornfoot
  11. hornful

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