soft sandstone

collocation in English

meaningsofsoftandsandstone

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soft
adjective
uk
/sɒft/us
/sɑːft/
not hard ...
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sandstone
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsænd.stəʊn/us
/ˈsænd.stoʊn/
a type of rock formed ...
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(Definition ofsoftandsandstonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The river, now usually dry, has carved a ravine through thesoftsandstone, where birds nest in the holes in the cliffs.
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Thesoftsandstoneproved short-lived, and even as early as 1823 it started crumbling, and large steel bands were placed the keep the structure together.
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For the next year, workers dug in thesoftsandstonebeneath the thin layer of limestone that forms the river's bed.
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Wind and rain have also sculpted thesoftsandstoneover millions of years.
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Because the bluffs are formed ofsoftsandstoneand geologically unique, all climbing is prohibited.
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From the beginning, there were parts of the settlement of caves that were carved into thesoftsandstone.
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In some areas, the limestone is capped with asoftsandstone.
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He used blocks of asoftsandstone-like by-product of metal casting which was discarded in piles by a foundry near his sister's house.
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The valley was also blessed with large deposits ofsoftsandstonefor building.
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The pattern, size and number of concavities is not predictable, nor is materialimpressions are found insoftsandstoneand hard granite.
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There is a corresponding yeardate insoftsandstonemounted in the middle of the otherwise basalt cross.
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It flows through the park and creates a gorge in thesoftsandstonehills of the park.
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During the subsequent years numerous visitors have added graffiti by carving names in thesoftsandstoneat the base of the pillar.
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Built ofsoftsandstone, the tower is very weathered, and has been partially refaced.
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The rock in which these snail shells are so abundant varies from asoftsandstoneto a dense chalcedony.
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Thesoftsandstoneof the walls was originally protected by plaster internally and render externally.
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Due to thesoftsandstonebanks, it is difficult to build bridges that can bear heavy loads.
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Thesoftsandstonestructure had weathered severely, and prior conservation efforts, which did not fully address all the building's problems, as well as substantial biological growth, had compounded the deterioration.
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The caves are artificial, having been carved out of thesoftsandstonerock by prospective dwellers, and have grown to become a complex network under the city.
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