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pudding stone

pudding stone

9.9
A rock made of many pebbles and small stones held together by harder material
  • noun
  • /ˈpʊdɪŋ stoʊn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : piedra de pudín
  • During our hike, we came across a beautiful pudding stone formation by the riverbank, showcasing colorful pebbles.

Examples

  • Savannah, Georgia, was built from ballast stone; that's where I saw my first pudding stone.

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  • The geologist explained that pudding stone is made up of different-sized pebbles embedded in a matrix of finer materials.

  • In geology class, we learned how pudding stone is formed from the accumulation of rounded pebbles over time.

Synonyms

conglomerate
vspudding stone
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A coarse rock made of rounded pebbles stuck together

is a specific variety made of pebbles and finer particles cemented together

Surface Forms

pudding stone singular
pudding stones plural

Morphology

pudding + stone

The phrase is transparently built from 'pudding' + 'stone' so a learner who knows both words will reasonably infer it denotes a kind of stone (the compound naming a type of rock). However, the precise geological sense—a specific conglomerate whose pebbles resemble a pudding—is a specialized, culture-dependent metaphor that B1 learners would not fully predict from the parts alone.

Etymology

The noun pudding stone comes from its look: small pebbles stuck in a harder rock make the stone look like pieces in a bowl of fruit pudding, so people named this type of rock pudding stone.