From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsandstonesand‧stone /ˈsændstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [uncountable] HEGTBCa type of soft yellow or red rock, often used in buildings
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sandstone• Now it stood clear: the reek of fish, and sandstone cut with a Presbyterian trowel.• Limestone and sandstone are quite unsuitable.• Fossils are harder to remove intact from sandstone than from clay.• This delicate fern is preserved in a very fine-grained sandstone, which fractures rather irregularly.• A Barren Measures' sandstone reservoir study was based on log analysis of three wells in the study area.• Note: sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time.• Suddenly patches of pink sandstone were again visible in the courtyard.• From above, the sandstone looks like solid rock, terminating at a 20-foot cliff. 