sandstone
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sand·stone /ˈsændstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [uncountable] HEGTBCa type of soft yellow or red rock, often used in buildings 砂岩
Examples from the Corpus
sandstone• Now it stood clear: the reek of fish, and sandstone cut with a Presbyterian trowel.• Limestone and sandstone are quite unsuitable.• Fossils are harder to remove intact from sandstone than from clay.• This delicate fern is preserved in a very fine-grained sandstone, which fractures rather irregularly.• A Barren Measures' sandstone reservoir study was based on log analysis of three wells in the study area.• Note: sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time.• Suddenly patches of pink sandstone were again visible in the courtyard.• From above, the sandstone looks like solid rock, terminating at a 20-foot cliff.sand·stone nounChineseSyllable
rock, Corpus red type often or of used soft yellow a
sandstone
sand‧stone /ˈsændstəʊn $ -stoʊn/
noun [uncountable]
a type of soft yellow or red rock, often used in buildings
sand‧stone /ˈsændstəʊn $ -stoʊn/
noun [uncountable]a type of soft yellow or red rock, often used in buildings