Meanings
sandstone1
plural sandstones
- countableuncountableA sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32
Sandstone2
- A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.
- A place in the United States:
- A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
- A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*sandastain“sandstone, chisel, gravel”
- Old English*sandstān
- Middle Englishsandston
- Englishsandstone
From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَجَر رَمْلِيّ
- حَجَر رَمْلِيّ (ḥajar ramliyy)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Basque hareharri
- hareharrisand/clay sedimentary rock
Bulgarian пя́съчник
- пя́съчник (pjásăčnik)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Catalan gres, pedra sorrenca
- gressand/clay sedimentary rock
- pedra sorrencasand/clay sedimentary rock
Chinese Mandarin 砂岩
- 砂岩 (shāyán)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Czech pískovec
- pískovecsand/clay sedimentary rock
Danish sandsten
- sandstensand/clay sedimentary rock
Dutch zandsteen
- zandsteensand/clay sedimentary rock
Esperanto sabloŝtono, grejso
- sabloŝtonosand/clay sedimentary rock
- grejsosand/clay sedimentary rock
Estonian liivakivi
- liivakivisand/clay sedimentary rock
Finnish hiekkakivi
- hiekkakivisand/clay sedimentary rock
French grès
- grèssand/clay sedimentary rock
German Sandstein
- Sandsteinsand/clay sedimentary rock
Greek ψαμμίτης
- ψαμμίτης (psammítis)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Hawaiian pōhāone
- pōhāonesand/clay sedimentary rock
Hebrew אֶבֶן חוֹל
- אֶבֶן חוֹל (éven khól)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Hindi बलुआ पत्थर
- बलुआ पत्थर (baluā patthar)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Hungarian homokkő
- homokkősand/clay sedimentary rock
Icelandic sandsteinn
- sandsteinnsand/clay sedimentary rock
Indonesian batu pasir, cadas
- batu pasirsand/clay sedimentary rock
- cadassand/clay sedimentary rock
Irish gaineamhchloch, cloch ghainimh
- gaineamhchlochsand/clay sedimentary rock
- cloch ghainimhsand/clay sedimentary rock
Italian arenaria
- arenariasand/clay sedimentary rock
Japanese 砂岩
- 砂岩sand/clay sedimentary rock
Korean 사암
- 사암 (saam)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Latvian smilšakmens
- smilšakmenssand/clay sedimentary rock
Lithuanian smiltainis
- smiltainissand/clay sedimentary rock
Malay batu pasir
- batu pasirsand/clay sedimentary rock
Māori pīpīwai, tunaeke
- pīpīwaisand/clay sedimentary rock
- tunaekesand/clay sedimentary rock
Norwegian Bokmål sandstein
- sandsteinsand/clay sedimentary rock
Persian ماسهسنگ
- ماسهسنگ (mâse-sang)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Polish piaskowiec
- piaskowiecsand/clay sedimentary rock
Portuguese arenito
- arenitosand/clay sedimentary rock
Romanian gresie
- gresiesand/clay sedimentary rock
Russian песча́ник
- песча́ник (pesčánik)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Scottish Gaelic clach-ghainmhich
- clach-ghainmhichsand/clay sedimentary rock
Slovak pieskovec
- pieskovecsand/clay sedimentary rock
Spanish arenisca
- areniscasand/clay sedimentary rock
Swedish sandsten
- sandstensand/clay sedimentary rock
Thai หินทราย
- หินทราย (hǐn-saai)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Turkish kum taşı
- kum taşısand/clay sedimentary rock
Ukrainian піскови́к, піща́ник
- піскови́к (piskovýk)sand/clay sedimentary rock
- піща́ник (piščányk)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Vietnamese sa thạch
- sa thạchsand/clay sedimentary rock
Welsh tywodfaen
- tywodfaensand/clay sedimentary rock
Yiddish זאַמדשטיין
- זאַמדשטיין (zamdshteyn)sand/clay sedimentary rock
Cite this entry
sandstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandstone
“sandstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandstone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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