sandstone

«sandstone» in Mova's school dictionary: a sedimentary rock made of grains of sand pressed and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (sandstone — uncountable; a sandstone, sandstones)

meaning for a pupil

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock made of grains of sand pressed and stuck together over a very long time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography: sandstone forms in layers under old seas, rivers and deserts; it often shows the layers. Many buildings and cliffs are sandstone; Uluru in Australia is a giant sandstone rock. Phrases: red sandstone, sandstone cliffs, sandstone buildings.

examples

• Sandstone is made of tiny grains of sand. tree →
• The old church is built of red sandstone. tree →
• Uluru is made of sandstone. tree →
• We rubbed sandstone and sand came off. tree →
• Water can soak into sandstone because it has gaps. tree →
• The sandstone cliffs have stripes of different colours. tree →
• He set his teeth and said nothing, but went with the shouting monkeys to a terrace above the red sandstone reservoirs that were half-full of rain water. tree →

note

Usually uncountable. Sandstone is sedimentary (not igneous or metamorphic). It is porous (lets water in). Under heat and pressure it can become quartzite, a metamorphic rock.

In the corpora

• Sandstone is made of sand grains cemented together, often from old beaches, rivers or deserts.
• Sedimentary rock forms from layers of sand, mud or shells pressed together; sandstone, limestone and chalk are sedimentary rocks.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sandstone» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.