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CLAST

Dictionary entry overview: What does clast mean?

• CLAST (noun)
The noun CLAST has 1 sense:

1. (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

Familiarity information: CLAST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLAST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("clast" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Holonyms ("clast" is a part of...):

clastic rock ((geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks)

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