English Explanatory Dictionary

schist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.

Pronunciation

/ʃɪst/ En-schist.ogg

Word forms

schist schists

Etymology

From French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).

Related words

mica-schist schistaceous schistic schistose schistosity schistous schisty gneiss

Derived words

alum schist blueschist grayschist greenschist green schist quartz schist whiteschist
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