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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psammite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psam-mite
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos) + -ite

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

psammites (plural)

Derived Forms

psammitic

Questions

What does psammite mean?
Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith
Where does psammite come from?
Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos) + -ite

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