SANDSTONE

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Meaning:

A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

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Nouns denoting substances

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

arenaceous rock (a sedimentary rock composed of sand)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sandstone"):

firestone (a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns)

holystone (a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship)

grit; gritrock; gritstone (a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone)

brownstone (a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings)

bluestone (bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building)

greensand (an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite)

siltstone (a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt)