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sarsen (<rock by form>, rock (inorganic material), ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: A large, loose residual mass of stone left after the erosion of a once continuous bed or layer; often used to specifically refer to one of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs. |
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| sarsen (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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| sarsen-stone (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sarsen boulder (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sarcen (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sarsdon (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sarsden (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| heathstone (C,U,American English,UF,U,N)
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| graywether sandstone (C,U,American English,UF,U,N)
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| gray wether (C,U,American English,UF,U,N)
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| grey wether (C,U,American English,UF,U,N)
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| druid stone (C,U,American English,UF,U,N)
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| greywether sandstone (C,U,British English,UF,U,N)
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| 砂岩大石礫 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| 沙石遺跡 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| shā yán dà shí lì (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| sha yan da shi li (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| sha yan ta shih li (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| rolsteen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| gres mamelonado (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,N)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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Materials Facet |
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.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ materials (substances) (G) |
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............ <materials by composition> (G) |
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................ inorganic material (G) |
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.................... rock (inorganic material) (G) |
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........................ <rock by form> (G) |
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............................ sarsen (G) |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 曾經是連續層,在被侵蝕後留下的大型散亂的石塊殘餘。通常特別用來指散佈在英國白堊陡崖的大型砂岩塊。 |
| Dutch ..... Een grote losse steenmassa, overgebleven na de erosie van wat eens een doorlopend bed of laag was; De Engelse benaming is ook: één van de grote blokken zandsteen verspreid over de Engelse Krijtrotsen. |
| Spanish ..... Masa residual suelta de gran tamaño que ha quedado tras la erosión de un antiguo lecho o capa continua. También, uno de los grandes bloques de arenisca dispersos en las colinas de tiza de Inglaterra.
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