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Meaning of hyaloclastite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A type of volcanic rock containing glassy clasts, that is, fragments.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Explosive cooling and the sedimentation of glassy fragments results in a rock with a characteristic speckly texture known as hyaloclastite.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

hyalocyte hyalodendrin hyalogen hyalograph hyalography hyalohyphomycosis