sandstone

Meanings

1. A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

1. A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
4. A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota.
5. An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.

Etymology

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).