sedimentary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment

   Sedimentary deposits.

2. 2
   adj

   Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

   It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.

3. 3
   noun

   A rock of this kind.

   The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.

4. 4
   adj

   produced by the action of water

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From sediment + -ary.

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