Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hostrock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hostrock
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of host rock.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"According to the nature of the hostrock, the Sheeted Intrusive Complex has been subdivided into the Diabase or the Basal Group. In the latter the hostrock is pillow lava, this being the olnly difference between them."
"Before becoming physically concentrated within streams, specks of gold-silver alloy are disseminated within a hostrock which may be of any rock type."
"Hostrock identified as quartzite may indicate silicification of pelitic country rock."

Usage

Inflected Forms

hostrocks (plural)

Questions

What does hostrock mean?: Alternative form of host rock.

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