Laterite
Definitions
A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.
Equivalents
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Examples
“Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent⟳ clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train⟳ is in motion; after a journey with the windows open⟳ a bath is a necessity!”
“Constant tropical rain⟳ makes a mush of hard old lavas. The end⟳ product is a brick red soil called laterite.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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