Definition of sandstone
: a sedimentary rock consisting of usually quartz sand united by some cement (such as silica or calcium carbonate)
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If demolition eventually is approved, the sandstone would be removed and reused at the Little Red School House in Berea for one of its projects.
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For good reason, as the pueblo, built in the 12th century and the oldest continuously operating community in North America, sits atop a sheer-walled 367-foot sandstone bluff.
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Hundreds of Australian Aboriginal leaders gathered on Friday at Uluru, a massive sandstone monolith in Australia’s central desert, to call for a road map to a treaty and to enshrine an indigenous representative body in the Constitution.
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The excavations revealed more than 400 Roman sling bullets right where the metal detectors indicated, as well as two spherical sandstone missiles known as ballista balls.
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The digitized painting finally enters the 3-D realm when Shapeways prints a full-color sandstone model.
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First Known Use of sandstone
1609
SANDSTONE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sandstone for English Language Learners
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: a type of soft stone that is made from grains of sand stuck together
SANDSTONE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of sandstone for Students
: rock made of sand held together by a natural cement (as of calcium carbonate)
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