schist
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Definition of schist
: a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split along approximately parallel planes
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This Savennières, from sandy schist soils in the Anjou region, is richly textured, bright and succulent. — Eric Asimov, New York Times, "20 Wines Under $20: Touring the World, Familiar to Obscure," 25 Jan. 2018 But not all of Piedmont has limestone — the Gattinara area, for instance, is all schist. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, "Rhys Vineyards' Kevin Harvey turns to Italian-style wines in Sonoma," 8 Dec. 2017 The highlight of the park is of course the gorge, where walls of red-gray rhyolite schist, a hard volcanic rock, rise up to 40 feet along the Eau Claire River. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Dells of the Eau Claire is a gorgeous county park near Wausau," 2 Nov. 2017 Unlike Vouvray to the east, where chenin blanc is grown predominantly on clay and limestone soils, the grapes of Savennières are grown on schist. — Eric Asimov, New York Times, "Your Next Lesson: Savennières," 27 Oct. 2017 Compared with a standard Colorado, the ZR2’s ride height is two inches higher and the track gets shoved out 3.5 inches, endowing the pickup with balletic stability on the slickrock and crumbled schist. — Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, "2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Crew Cab Diesel," 27 July 2017 There are many culprits: population density, the nature of the schist, the desire to appease the neighbors, the size of the stations, which the M.T.A. attributes to ever more stringent fire and safety regulations. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "The Second Avenue Subway Is Here!," 13 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'schist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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schist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of schist
: a type of rock that can be broken into thin, flat pieces
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