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Meaning of mudstone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Español fangolita
Italiano marna
日本語 泥岩

Examples

“The new fossils come from mudstones in central Poland, in beds that have been dated using other, much more common and cosmopolitan, fossils.”
“Excavation of the twin bore tunnel will produce around 500,000 tonnes of mudstone and soil, which will be processed on site and then reused to build embankments elsewhere along the route.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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