💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Floatstone"
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| Word | Definition |
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| wackestonenoun | A calcareous rock consisting of more than 10% grains, supported by a lime mud. |
| framestonenoun | A solid calcareous or siliceous framework maintained by an organism such as a coral or sponge. |
| grainstonenoun | A kind of calcareous rock that lacks mud and is grain-supported. |
| rudstonenoun | A calcareous rock consisting of coarse limestones supported by grains larger than two millimetres. |
| flowstonenoun | (geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave. |
| packstonenoun | A kind of grain-supported calcareous rock containing lime mud. |
| free-stonenoun | Alternative spelling of freestone. [Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.] |
| cornstonenoun | (mineralogy) A kind of marly siliceous rock. |
| dropstonenoun | (glaciology) An isolated rock that is geologically distinct from the surroundings, indicating that it was carried from a distant area and then dropped in place (by a melting glacier); an erratic. |
| fluxstonenoun | Calcium-rich limestone used as a flux in metal smelting. |
| freestonenoun | (countable) A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh. |
| swimming stonenoun | (mineralogy) A cellular variety of flint floatstone. |
| formstonenoun | A plaster compound creating the trompe l'oeil appearance of rock. |
| bindstonenoun | A kind of calcareous rock where organisms (such as alga)e encrust the elements during deposition and bind them together. |
| lime-stonenoun | Alternative spelling of limestone. [An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.] |
| boundstonenoun | A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition. |
| corestonenoun | A rounded boulder formed in saprolite as the result of weathering. |
| stromatolitenoun | (geology) A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from 3.5 to 0.5 billion years ago, with some still being formed at present, some or all of which result from the deposit of minerals by microorganisms such as cyanobacteria. |
| lonestonenoun | (geology) An oversize, exotic stone encased in finer sediment and either lacking or associated with obvious evidence of having dropped into the sediment from above. Cf: dropstone |
| stromatolithnoun | Alternative form of stromatolite. [(geology) A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from 3.5 to 0.5 billion years ago, with some still being formed at present, some or all of which result from the deposit of minerals by microorganisms such as cyanobacteria.] |
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