Definitions for greensand

greensand green·sand

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IPA: /ˈgrinˌsænd/

Greensand is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 402 anagrams from letters in greensand (adeegnnrs).

Definitions for greensand

noun

  1. a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.

Origin of greensand

First recorded in 1790-1800; green + sand

Examples for greensand

Here and there the greensand forms prominent hills, as that on which the town of Shaftesbury stands.

You probably wonder why these red cliffs are called greensand.

This bed of phosphates was found everywhere in the greensand, underlying the Chalk.

For further information see the articles Chalk; greensand; Wealden.

I whipped the little pony on, and he began to trot down a cutting in the greensand, through which leads the station road.

In 1848 he advocated the use of phosphate nodules in the "greensand" beds of Cambridgeshire.

The Aptien (or greensand) consists generally of marls and clay.

It consists of a dark blue marl, sometimes intermixed with greensand.

The "coprolites" were phosphatic nodules found in the greensand and dug for use as manure.

The sandstones and clays known as the greensand and Gault constitute its lower or shallow-water member.

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