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# sandstone

«sandstone» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sedimentary rock made of grains of sand pressed and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sandstone — uncountable; a sandstone, sandstones)

### meaning for a pupil

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock made of grains of sand pressed and stuck together over a very long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: sandstone forms in layers under old seas, rivers and deserts; it often shows the layers. Many buildings and cliffs are sandstone; Uluru in Australia is a giant sandstone rock. Phrases: red sandstone, sandstone cliffs, sandstone buildings.

### examples

- Sandstone is made of tiny grains of sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x1)
- The old church is built of red sandstone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x2)
- Uluru is made of sandstone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x3)
- We rubbed sandstone and sand came off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x4)
- Water can soak into sandstone because it has gaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x5)
- The sandstone cliffs have stripes of different colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x6)
- He set his teeth and said nothing, but went with the shouting monkeys to a terrace above the red sandstone reservoirs that were half-full of rain water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable. Sandstone is sedimentary (not igneous or metamorphic). It is porous (lets water in). Under heat and pressure it can become quartzite, a metamorphic rock.

### In the corpora

- [Sandstone is made of sand grains cemented together, often from old beaches, rivers or deserts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/7/)
- [Sedimentary rock forms from layers of sand, mud or shells pressed together; sandstone, limestone and chalk are sedimentary rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sandstone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandstone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.