sandstone

[US]/'sæn(d)stəʊn/
[UK]/'sænd'ston/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains of minerals and rock particles, used for building and sculpting.

Phrases & Collocations

quartz sandstone

Example Sentences

a towering sandstone hoodoo.

The Glauconite Sandstone is a persistent stratigraphic unit.

The sandstone formations transformed the land into a barren lunarscape.

The original rock of the “Lucky Red” Sandstone is sedimentary quartzitic sandstone, which can be traced back to the Silurian period 0.438 billion years ago.

An aquifer is a water-bearing rock stratum such as sandstone and chalk.

third is low-density turbidity sequence composed of flaggy sandstone and mudstone;

They mainly consist of sandstone,in which quartzarenite and litharenite are dominant and arkose is lack.

The sandstone façade had disintegrated from long exposure to the elements.

Made of arkosic sandstone, Uluru changes color in different lights, particularly at sunrise and sunset.

But the reservoirs of coastwise bar, lacustrine bay sandstone and shore sand occur in each tract.

the water permeability and retentiveness of purplish red feldsparthic sandstone are better than that of chestnut soil and;

The middle oil-member is characterized by medium-sized sandstone and pebbled sandstone, with fair sorting and subangular sphaericity.Rock types mainly were feldspar debris sandstone.

The platform foreslope is composed of the dark grey and celadon calcareous mudstone,siltstone,sandstone intercalated with limestone conglo...

The sandstones of the Turpan Basin belong mostly to graywacke and their compositional and textural maturity are generally low,indicating a strong erosional and rapid transportational environment.

A Qatari man in a traditional white dishdasha robe and a wind-blown red-and-white kaffiyeh stands before a sandstone formation near Dukhan.

marble; granite; sandstone; limestone; slate; countertop; slab; sink; tile; pebble; kerbstone; cobblestone;

Supply kinds of kerbstone, like granite, sandstone, limestone. and cobble, pebble. main market is Europe and Japanese

Real-world Examples

And the wind gives the sandstone its original form.

Source: VOA Video Highlights

Sandstone and other rocks formed in water.

Source: National Geographic Reading Selections

Mars's sandstones have completely different ingredients.

Source: National Geographic Reading Selections

This sandstone rock is the size of three school buses.

Source: National Parks of the United States

The giant red sandstone monolith is considered sacred to the indigenous people.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2017

The sandstone cathedrals in " Red Rock Country" are a great sight at sunset.

Source: Vacation Travel City Guide: North America Edition

The early Cretaceous fossils that we find in Maryland are preserved in sandstones and clay-stones.

Source: Interpretation of Dinosaurs (Video Version)

Stonehenge was constructed with giant sarsen stones, sandstone blocks that are common in southern England.

Source: CNN Listening July 2019 Collection

But in this deposit, the bones occur throughout a zone of sandstone about 12 feet thick.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Visit these naturally formed arches in Utah and admire the incredible natural design and sandstone colors.

Source: Creative Cloud Travel

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