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wacke

wacke noun: a soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.

Noun

wacke (countable and uncountable, plural wackes)

  1. A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.

Forms of wacke

pluralwackes
alternative formwacky
alternative formwacca

Origin of wacke

Borrowed from German Wacke.

Words formed from wacke

Phrases with wacke

Questions about wacke

What does wacke mean?
Wacke means a soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
What part of speech is wacke?
Wacke is a noun.
What is the plural of wacke?
The plural of wacke is wackes.

Words near wacke in the dictionary

  1. wackadoodles
  2. wackadoos
  3. wackaging
  4. wackaloon
  5. wackaloons
  6. wacke
  7. wacked out
  8. wacken
  9. Wackenroder solution
  10. wacker
  11. Wacker process

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