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host rocks

host rocks is the plural of host rock.

Meaning of host rock

Noun

host rock (countable and uncountable, plural host rocks)

  1. The background mineral material in which the object of study (crystals, fossils, specific minerals, groundwater, etc.) is embedded or through which it travels.
    • Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.1983, Warren C. Day, Richard M. Tosdal, E.L. Acosta, J.C. Aruspon, L. Carvajal, E. Cedeño, Glenda Lowry, L.F. Martinez, J.A. Noriega, Fernanco J. Niñez, J. Rojas, F. Prieto, “Geology of the Lo...

Questions about host rocks

What is host rocks the plural of?
Host rocks is the plural of host rock.

Words near host rocks in the dictionary

  1. host plant
  2. host plants
  3. host response
  4. host responses
  5. host rock
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  7. host selling
  8. host species
  9. host with the most
  10. host-rock
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