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Grammar : Noun
Spell : wak-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwæk ə

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Définition of wacke

Origin :
  • rock resembling sandstone, 1803, from German Wacke, from Middle High German wacke "a large stone," from Old High German wacko "gravel," probably from Old High German wegan "to move." A miner's word, brought into geology by German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1750-1817).
  • As in clay : noun workable earth material
Example sentences :
  • The material of the rock here is wacke, in which there are many flints.
  • Extract from : « Travels Through North America, v. 1-2 » by Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach
  • Wackelfiguren means figures made of Wacke, a greenish-gray mineral, soft and easily broken.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 » by Various
  • Wacke, wak′e, n. German miners' term for a soft, grayish kind of trap-rock.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various
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