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clast

n. (context geology English) a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.

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clast

n. (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

Usage examples of "clast".

Thrust back by poverty to the very brink of death, a whole clast of men experience, nakedly, as it were, what need, hunger, and labour are.

Convection carried incandescent gas and pumice clasts to a height of 28 km.

Convection carried incandescant gas and pumice clasts to a height of 28 km.

She tapped out the code for the Journal of Analogical Studies, typed in Pavonis: “Evidence of Strombolian Explosive Activity Found in West Tharsis Clasts.