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interstratify

interstratify verb: to put or insert between other strata.

Verb

interstratify (third-person singular simple present interstratifies, present participle interstratifying, simple past and past participle interstratified)

  1. (passive, regional) To put or insert between other strata.
    • Sandstone interstratified with shale
  2. To put between classes of society; to compose of multiple groups of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

Forms of interstratify

third-person singular presentinterstratifies
present participleinterstratifying
past participleinterstratified
pastinterstratified

Origin of interstratify

From inter- + stratify.

Questions about interstratify

What does interstratify mean?
Interstratify means to put or insert between other strata.
What part of speech is interstratify?
Interstratify is a verb.
What is the past tense of interstratify?
The past tense of interstratify is interstratified.

Words near interstratify in the dictionary

  1. interstratal
  2. interstratification
  3. interstratifications
  4. interstratified
  5. interstratifies
  6. interstratify
  7. interstratifying
  8. interstreak
  9. interstreaked
  10. interstreaking
  11. interstreaks

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