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sedimentary basin

sedimentary basin noun: a geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.

Noun

sedimentary basin (plural sedimentary basins)

  1. A geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.

Forms of sedimentary basin

pluralsedimentary basins

Questions about sedimentary basin

What does sedimentary basin mean?
Sedimentary basin means a geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.
What part of speech is sedimentary basin?
Sedimentary basin is a noun.
What is the plural of sedimentary basin?
The plural of sedimentary basin is sedimentary basins.

Words near sedimentary basin in the dictionary

  1. sedimentaclastic
  2. sedimental
  3. sedimentaries
  4. sedimentarily
  5. sedimentary
  6. sedimentary basin
  7. sedimentary basins
  8. sedimentary rock
  9. sedimentary rocks
  10. sedimentate
  11. sedimentated

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