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volcaniclastic

volcaniclastic adjective: being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials.

Adjective

volcaniclastic (not comparable)

  1. Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials

Noun

volcaniclastic (plural volcaniclastics)

  1. A clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials

Forms of volcaniclastic

pluralvolcaniclastics

Origin of volcaniclastic

From volcanic + clastic.

Words formed from volcaniclastic

Questions about volcaniclastic

What does volcaniclastic mean?
Volcaniclastic means being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials.
What part of speech is volcaniclastic?
Volcaniclastic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near volcaniclastic in the dictionary

  1. volcanic winters
  2. volcanical
  3. volcanically
  4. volcanicities
  5. volcanicity
  6. volcaniclastic
  7. volcaniclastics
  8. volcanics
  9. volcanisation
  10. volcanise
  11. volcanised

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