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CLAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("clast" is a kind of...):
fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Holonyms ("clast" is a part of...):
clastic rock ((geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks)
Derivation:
clastic (of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone))
