sandstone

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A soft rock formed from pressed sand, often used in building.

   The old church was built from honey-coloured sandstone.

Common collocations

• lithic sandstone Adjective + noun
• friable sandstone Adjective + noun
• siliceous sandstone Adjective + noun

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).

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