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metamorphic rocks

metamorphic rocks is the plural of metamorphic rock.

Meaning of metamorphic rock

Noun

metamorphic rock (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphic rocks)

  1. one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface.

Questions about metamorphic rocks

What is metamorphic rocks the plural of?
Metamorphic rocks is the plural of metamorphic rock.

Words near metamorphic rocks in the dictionary

  1. metamontmorillonite
  2. metamorph
  3. metamorphed
  4. metamorphic
  5. metamorphic rock
  6. metamorphic rocks
  7. metamorphical
  8. metamorphically
  9. metamorphiclastic
  10. metamorphics
  11. metamorphing

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