Definitions for cross-bedded

cross-bedded cross-bed·ded

Spelling: [kraws-bed-id, kros-]
IPA: /ˈkrɔsˈbɛd ɪd, ˈkrɒs-/

Cross-Bedded is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 373 anagrams from letters in cross-bedded (-bcdddeeorss).

Definitions for cross-bedded

adjective

  1. having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.

Origin of cross-bedded

cross- + bedded (see bed, -ed2)

Examples for cross-bedded

cross-bedded and ripple-marked features and small lenses of conglomerate are common.

Beneath them the cross-bedded sandstone appears, showing a mottled surface of pale-pinkish hue.

They are non-fossiliferous, cross-bedded, ripple-marked, and have abundant lenses of conglomerate of all sizes.

In sections of river banks one may often see a vertical succession of cross-bedded strata, each built in the way described.

Beneath them the cross-bedded sandstone appears, showing a mottled surface of pale pinkish hue.

Word Value for cross-bedded
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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