pudding stone

noun

, British Geology.

1. conglomerate ( def 3 ).

pudding stone

noun

1. a conglomerate rock in which there is a difference in colour or composition between the pebbles and the matrix

Word History and Origins

Origin of pudding stone¹

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

In later flows of lava these stones were picked up and cemented into layers of pudding stone, which are styled agglomerates.

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The basis of the soil is sandstone, covered with pudding-stone.

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The ground presents a great many friable rocks of pudding-stone, distributed in irregular strata.

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The wall which was to enclose the grounds was to be built of gray pudding-stone, tightly cemented, with a hewn granite curb-stone.

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A very hard pudding-stone crops out about nine miles down the river.

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