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Schist

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noun. Any of various medium-grained to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks composed of laminated, often flaky parallel layers of chiefly micaceous minerals.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A rock the constituent minerals of which have assumed a position in more or less closely parallel layers or folia, due not to deposition as a sediment, but—in large part, at least—to metamorphic action, which has caused a rearrangement or imperfect crystallization of the component minerals, or the formation of new ones, these. in the course of the process, having assumed the parallel arrangement characteristic of the rock.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

Word Usage

"Through the years, the wineries have carved amazing steep terraces for grape growing along the banks of the Douro, and there is a unique soil called schist."

cross-reference

blocky schist callaway schist gembloux schist goffered schist knotted schist

Form

schistocity schistous

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

metamorphic rock

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Liszt assist cist coexist consist

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

basalt chalk conglomerate diorite dolomite

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

aa abyssal rock basalt bedrock block lava

variant

foliation