Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbonaceous ironstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: car-bona-ceous iron-stone
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark, organic-rich sedimentary rock containing more than 15% iron and significant amounts of plant matter or coallike material.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

carbonaceous ironstones (plural)

Questions

What does carbonaceous ironstone mean?: A dark, organic-rich sedimentary rock containing more than 15% iron and significant amounts of plant matter or coallike material.

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