ventifact

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.

Word forms

ventifact ventifacts

Etymology

Blend of vent (“wind”) + artifact (“an object shaped or created by some process or agency”) from French vent from Latin ventus

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