Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.

    Sedimentgestein

    оса́дочная поро́даosádočnaja poróda

    осадові гірські породиosadovi hirsʹki porody

More definitions
  • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Sandstone is a kind of sedimentary rock.

    ruПесчаник — это вид осадочной породы. — sharptoothed

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  2. I can only think of two examples of sedimentary rocks.

    ruЯ могу назвать лишь два примера осадочной породы. — astyng

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  3. Shale rock is a sedimentary rock made up of clay, compacted together by pressure.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Русский
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:

Forms

plural: sedimentary rocks

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sedimentsedimentaryseditionseduceseductionseductive

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