ventifact

Meanings

nounventifact (plural ventifacts)

A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
Stones splintered by fire, or faceted by sandstorms (ventifacts or dreikanters) are occasionally mistaken for the work of man.
1949, Kenneth Page Oakley, Man the Tool-Maker
Synonyms: windkanter

nounA pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.

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Also see

Blend of vent (“wind”) + artifact (“an object shaped or created by some process or agency”) from French vent from Latin ventus

More words from French, Latin

German Windkanter

Turkish façetalı çakıl

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