Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

siltstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: silt-stone
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English silt Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English siltstone From silt + stone.

Usage

Inflected Forms

siltstones (plural)

Derived Forms

metasiltstone

Questions

What does siltstone mean?: A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.
Where does siltstone come from?: Etymology tree English silt Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English siltstone From silt + stone.

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