arkose

English

Arkose with grains of K-feldspar (pinkish-orangish) and quartz (gray)

Noun

arkose (countable and uncountable, plural arkoses)

1. (geology) A sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand.

Derived terms

• arkosic

Translations

a sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz

• Catalan: arcosa f
• Czech: arkóza f
• Finnish: arkoosihiekkakivi, arkoosi
• German: Arkose (de) f
• Polish: arkoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: arcose f

Anagrams

• Koreas, Kosrae, resoak, soaker

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.koz/

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Noun

arkose f (plural arkoses)

1. (geology) arkose

Further reading

• “arkose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Lithuanian

Noun

arkose f

1. locative plural of arka