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clastic

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, clastic means made up of parts that are easily removable. As a noun, it means a rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Meanings of clastic

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Made up of parts that are easily removable.

  2. geologyof rockMade from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

  3. Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)

  4. Capable of being taken apart

    “the professor had a clastic model of the human brain”

noun

  1. geologyA rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

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