Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyaloclastite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hyalo-clastite
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of volcanic rock containing glassy clasts, that is, fragments.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Explosive cooling and the sedimentation of glassy fragments results in a rock with a characteristic speckly texture known as hyaloclastite."

Etymology

From hyalo- + clast + -ite.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyaloclastites (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hyaloclast

Questions

What does hyaloclastite mean?: A type of volcanic rock containing glassy clasts, that is, fragments.
Where does hyaloclastite come from?: From hyalo- + clast + -ite.

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