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slickensides

slickensides is the plural of slickenside.

Meaning of slickenside

Noun

slickenside (plural slickensides)

  1. A smooth, striated rock surface caused by the friction of one mass sliding over another

Questions about slickensides

What is slickensides the plural of?
Slickensides is the plural of slickenside.

Words near slickensides in the dictionary

  1. slickened
  2. slickening
  3. slickens
  4. slickenside
  5. slickensided
  6. slickensides
  7. slicker
  8. slicker brush
  9. slicker brushes
  10. slickered
  11. slickering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slickensides (page history and authors); slickenside (page history and authors). 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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