clastic

About 0.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Made up of parts that are easily removable.
2. adjective Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
3. noun A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Similar words

terrigenous fragmentary vitroclastic volcaniclastic fractile sedimentary fragmental pyroclastic fissile platy

Often followed by

sediments rocks material sedimentary and sediment deposits wedge rock grains

Word family

clastics