schist
schist · schists
сланец
Glimmerschiefer, Grünschiefer, kristalliner Schiefer, Blauschiefer
Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated…Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
/ʃɪst/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
Glimmerschiefer, Grünschiefer, kristalliner Schiefer
сла́нецslánec
More definitions
- any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
Translations
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By meaning 1
crystalline foliated rock:
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By meaning 1
crystalline foliated rock:
Origin
From French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from AFrom French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).
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Forms
plural: schistsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable