Definitions for sandstone

sandstone sand·stone

Spelling: [sand-stohn]
IPA: /ˈsændˌstoʊn/

Sandstone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 395 anagrams from letters in sandstone (adennosst).

Definitions for sandstone

noun

  1. a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.

Origin of sandstone

First recorded in 1660-70; sand + stone

Examples for sandstone

If the layers were of sand, the rock is sandstone; if of clay, it is shale.

Falls of sandstone and limestone are repulsive to both theologians and scientists.

Her father built a successful business and the family lives in an $800,000 sandstone house in a posh Glasgow suburb.

But whoever listed this object was uncareful: it is listed as "sandstone."

It is found associated with sandstone, which contains many fossils.

It is described in the Journal's list of exhibits as a "sandstone" ball.

The wood around this sandstone pebble was black, as if charred.

Quartz, sandstone and the granites are of low cementing value.

No polishing of sandstone will reveal the mottling of marble.

The rocks of the Jason may be seen in any quarry of Warwickshire sandstone.

Word Value for sandstone
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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