CLAST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("clast" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Holonyms ("clast" is a part of...):

clastic rock ((geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks)

Derivation:

clastic (of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone))