siltstone

English

Etymology

From silt +‎ stone.

Noun

siltstone (countable and uncountable, plural siltstones)

A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.

Derived terms

metasiltstone

Translations

type of rock

Dutch: siltsteen
Finnish: silttikivi

Italian: siltite

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