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cherty

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɜɹti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cehrtyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. resembling or containing chert

Word origin

From chert + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • Rudely shaped, of hard cherty rock, flat on the inner face, convex on the back. 2759.
  • Its mineralogical constitution is not simple; in some parts the rock is of a cherty, in others of a feldspathic nature, including thin veins of serpentine.
  • It is represented by a phosphate-dolostone sequence in Wengan, where it is 33 to 55 m thick and consists mainly of dark phosphate, cherty phosphate, chert, and gray dolomite.

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