sandstone
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- noun
- /ˈsændˌstoʊn/
- Specialized
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arenisca
- Heat stayed in the sandstone long after the sun was past the rim of the canyon.
- red sandstone
- sandstone formation
- sandstone slab
The sun and sandstone arches, the sky blue with possibility.
- The sun and sandstone arches, the sky blue with possibility.
- And of course represents a threat to groundwater again as it goes down the the water table and into the sandstone formations for we hope permanent containment.
Examples
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Most of the structures were made of brick and red sandstone with white marble accents.
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People live down in the red sandstone canyons, where water runs under stone arches.
Fiction book (1992) -
The rocks you see here in the river are sandstone.
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Well, we're concerned about the capability of the sandstone walls.
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They cut it from the massive sandstone around here.
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The walls rose sheer a thousand feet: brown sandstone pocked with balls of black starbush.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Carren County courthouse was a turn-of-the-century sandstone building, set in the middle of the town square.
Fiction book (1994) -
The slot canyons are deep, water and wind-eroded sandstone crevices that have taken thousands of years to form.
Academic text (1995) -
I see my father strolling out under the ochre sandstone arch, the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood behind his head.
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The ancient temple was built using locally sourced sandstone that has withstood the test of time.
Synonyms
A rock made of sand that people use for building and carving
A rock made mostly of sand grains pressed and held together
A hard coarse rock made of sand used for building and cliffs
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sandstone is simply sand + stone, meaning 'sand' that has become 'stone'. So a sandstone is a rock made of sand grains pressed and held together by natural minerals.