sandstone

UK /ˈsændˌstəʊn/ US /ˈsændˌstoʊn/

name 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

formless, grey, kind, light, red, turned, under

VERB + SANDSTONE

tucked

SANDSTONE + NOUN

ade, balcony, bathroom, fa

PREP.

between, from, in, into, out, with

ADV.

then

Definitions

noun

A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

name

A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.

A place in the United States:

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It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

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Can you tell the difference between granite and sandstone?

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Sandstone is a kind of sedimentary rock.

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In the evening light, the sandstone façade of the Romanesque basilica lit up with an unexpected splendour of colours.

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The name of the Algerian town Tipaza comes from tafza, red sandstone.

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We have sandstone in the bathroom, and parquetry in the bedroom.

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