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petrograph

petrograph noun: drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.

Noun

petrograph (plural petrographs)

  1. Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.

Forms of petrograph

pluralpetrographs

Origin of petrograph

From petro- + -graph.

Questions about petrograph

What does petrograph mean?
Petrograph means drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.
What part of speech is petrograph?
Petrograph is a noun.
What is the plural of petrograph?
The plural of petrograph is petrographs.

Words near petrograph in the dictionary

  1. Petrograd
  2. Petrograder
  3. Petrogradian
  4. petrogram
  5. petrograms
  6. petrograph
  7. petrographer
  8. petrographers
  9. petrographic
  10. petrographic microscope
  11. petrographic microscopes

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