arkose

Borrowed from French arkose.

arkose (countable and uncountable, plural arkoses)

1. (geology) An arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains.

• arkosic

• Koreas, Kosrae, resoak, soaker

Coined by Alexandre Brogniart, of unclear etymology but perhaps an alteration of Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”).

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.koz/

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arkose f (plural arkoses)

1. (geology) arkose

• “arkose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

arkose f

1. locative plural of arka