argillite

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A fine-grained sedimentary rock, intermediate between shale and slate, sometimes used as a building material

Similar words

argillan argillization shale illite granulite siltstone lutite alum shale slate gritstone

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Word family

argillites