whinstone

English - Turkish

Definition of whinstone in English Turkish dictionary

{i} yol yapımında kullanılan sert taş

(isim) yol yapımında kullanılan sert taş

Related Terms

for example, to masses of chert

çört kütleleri örneğin

English - English

Definition of whinstone in English English dictionary

Any hard dark-coloured rock

{n} a species of trap

any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

for example, to masses of chert

{i} a hard and dense rock

Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt

A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark- colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick

Related Terms

A whinstone

whin

Hyphenation

whin·stone