cascalho

      English

      Etymology

      Portuguese, a chip of stone, gravel.

      Noun

      cascalho (uncountable)

      1. (South America) A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand in which diamonds may be found.

      Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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      Last modified on 18 June 2013, at 13:34