hoodoo
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- noun
- /ˈhuːduː/
- Specialized
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chimenea de hadas
- Whether this part of my mission is a success or not, the time I have spent among the hoodoos and fins gazing at the distant stars will provide me with unforgettable memories.
- rock hoodoo
- sandstone hoodoos
- hoodoos and spires
Examples
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As we hiked through the badlands, we marveled at the towering hoodoos that had been shaped by centuries of erosion.
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The Balanced Rock, that magnificent hoodoo on which my camera is currently trained, is a product of this differential erosion.
Academic text (2011) -
Three separate forms lift, like stone hoodoos, from the horizontal foreground.
Academic text (2007) -
The oldest hoodoos have but a single sandstone cap overlying a low shale base.
Academic text (2009) -
Directly in front of me stands one such hoodoo—its pedestal carved by the elements from 165 million-year-old rock of the Carmel Formation.
Academic text (2011) -
Over the past 15 million years, wind, water, ice, and temperature fluctuations differentially eroded away the rock within these fissures and the overlying deposits to create the fins, arches, and hoodoos for which the park is famous.
Academic text (2011) -
The landscape was dotted with unique formations called hoodoos, which soared high above the surrounding plains.
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The guide pointed out a cluster of hoodoos in the distance, their slender shafts standing out against the clear blue sky.
Synonyms
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A piece of hard rock that sticks out above the ground
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hoodoo for the rock comes from people who thought tall, strange pillars had a spirit or magic, so they called those spires hoodoos, taking the name from the magic sense. That's why a hoodoo is now a tall, thin rock that looks like it has a mysterious power.