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ventifact

ventifact noun: a pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.

Noun

ventifact (plural ventifacts)

  1. A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
    • Stones splintered by fire, or faceted by sandstorms (ventifacts or dreikanters) are occasionally mistaken for the work of man.1949, Kenneth Page Oakley, Man the Tool-Maker
    Synonyms:
    windkanter

Synonyms of ventifact

Forms of ventifact

pluralventifacts

Origin of ventifact

Blend of vent (“wind”) + artifact (“an object shaped or created by some process or agency”) from French vent from Latin ventus

Questions about ventifact

What does ventifact mean?
Ventifact means a pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
What part of speech is ventifact?
Ventifact is a noun.
What is the plural of ventifact?
The plural of ventifact is ventifacts.

Words near ventifact in the dictionary

  1. venthole
  2. ventholes
  3. venti
  4. ventiduct
  5. ventiducts
  6. ventifact
  7. ventifacts
  8. ventige
  9. ventiges
  10. ventilable
  11. ventilagin

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