Laterite

noun

/ˈlatəɹʌɪt/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.

Synonyms

murram pisolitic latosol red earth bole plinthosol leptosol oxisol lutite iron clay limonite ferritization

Rhymes With

appreciate right ate right bait right calculate right create right cultivate right date right date write

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