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silt⋅stone

[silt-stohn]
–noun Petrography.
a very fine-grained sandstone, mainly consolidated silt.

Origin:
1925–30; silt + stone
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silt·stone   (sĭlt'stōn')   
n.  A fine-grained rock of consolidated silt.
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