Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 13 compound words that contain sedimentary. The most common are listed below. Open sedimentary in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- sedimentary rockOne of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.
- sedimentary rocksplural of sedimentary rock: One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.
- sedimentary basinA geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.
- sedimentary basinsplural of sedimentary basin: A geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.
- bio-sedimentaryAlternative form of biosedimentary: Pertaining to biosedimentation.
- tectono-sedimentaryAlternative form of tectonosedimentary: Tectonic and sedimentary.
Compound words 13
- sedimentarilyAs, or in terms of, sediment.
- hydrosedimentaryRelating to water and to sedimentation
- morphosedimentaryRelated to both morphology and sediment or sedimentation.
- nonsedimentaryNot sedimentary.
- organosedimentaryorganic / biological and sedimentary
- pedosedimentaryRelating to or composed of pedosediment.
- postsedimentaryFollowing sedimentation
- synsedimentaryThat forms or grows within a sediment during sedimentation
- tectosedimentaryRelating to, or formed by tectonics and sedimentation
- volcanosedimentaryRelating to or composed of sediment that originated in a volcanic eruption