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sandstone

/ˈsændˌstəʊn/US/ˈsændˌstoʊn/

sandstone noun: a sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

sandstone: a sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc
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Noun

sandstone (countable and uncountable, plural sandstones)

  1. A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
    • It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32

Proper noun capitalized: Sandstone

Sandstone

  1. A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.
  2. A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
  3. A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.

sandstone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sandstone in Hindi

sand/clay sedimentary rock
बलुआ पत्थर baluā patthar

sandstone in Tamil

மணற்கல், மணற் கற்பாறை, மணற்பாறை

sandstone in Marathi

वालुकाश्म

sandstone in Urdu

سنگ ریگ
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sandstone in Bengali
বেলেপাথর, বেলেপাথরের পাথর
sandstone in Malayalam
ചരൽക്കല്ല്, മണൽക്കല്ല്, പൊടിക്കല്ല്, ഒരുതരം പാറ
sandstone in Kannada
ಮರಳುಗಲ್ಲು, ಸಿಕತಶಿಲೆ
sandstone in Gujarati
સેંડસ્ટોન, રેતીનો પથ્થર, રેતીના પથ્થર
sandstone in Odia
ବାଲୁକା ପଥର, ବାଲି ପଥର
sandstone in Nepali
बलौटे ढुङ्गा
sandstone in Arabic
حَجَر رَمْلِيّ ḥajar ramliyy
sandstone in Malay
batu pasir
sandstone in Indonesian
batu pasir, cadas
sandstone in Persian
ماسهسنگ mâse-sang
sandstone in Thai
หินทราย hǐn-saai
sandstone in Vietnamese
sa thạch
sandstone in Myanmar
သဲကျောက် sai:kyauk

Examples of sandstone in a sentence

  • The formation consists of cyclothemic sequences of coal, shale, limestone, sandstone, and clay.
  • Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.
  • Mixed-layer minerals can grow authigenically in sandstones.

All 40 example sentences with sandstone

Forms of sandstone

pluralsandstones

Plural of sandstone: sandstones

Origin of sandstone

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).

Words formed from sandstone

Questions about sandstone

What does sandstone mean?
Sandstone means a sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
What is sandstone in Hindi?
Sandstone in Hindi is बलुआ पत्थर (baluā patthar). See Sandstone meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sandstone?
Sandstone can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sandstone?
Sandstone is pronounced /ˈsændˌstəʊn/ (UK).
What is the plural of sandstone?
The plural of sandstone is sandstones.

Words near sandstone in the dictionary

  1. sandspouts
  2. sandspur
  3. sandspurs
  4. sandstock
  5. sandstocks
  6. sandstone
  7. sandstonelike
  8. sandstones
  9. sandstorm
  10. sandstorms
  11. Sandstrom

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sandstone (page history and authors); Sandstone (page history and authors); sandstone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sandstone (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sandstone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sandstone (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sandstone (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sandstone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sandstone (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sandstone (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sandstone (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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