Definitions for hornfels

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hornfels horn·fels

Spelling: [hawrn-felz]

IPA: /ˈhɔrn fɛlz/

Hornfels is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in hornfels (efhlnors).

Definitions for hornfels

noun

1. a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.

Origin of hornfels

1850-55; German, equivalent to Horn horn + Fels rock, cliff

Examples for hornfels

From diabases, basalts, andesites and other igneous rocks a third type of hornfels is produced.