Rock deposited as a thin sheet by precipitation from flowing water.
〔地质〕流石
Example sentencesExamples
Nine metres down it is possible to get off the ladder on to a ledge of jammed rocks and enter a parallel aven, with much flowstone on the walls and water entering at the top.
Cave walls down which water habitually runs may become covered with sheets of travertine flowstone.
Our last station was a bit awkward as we had to lie on flowstone with a thin sheet of water flowing over it, but at least it was the last station.
The cavern abounds in apparent waterfalls, veils, and tents of colored stone, known as flowstone.
Sheet-like layered deposits on cave walls or floors are called flowstone.
Definition of flowstone in US English:
flowstone
nounˈflōstōn
Geology
Rock deposited as a thin sheet by precipitation from flowing water.
〔地质〕流石
Example sentencesExamples
Our last station was a bit awkward as we had to lie on flowstone with a thin sheet of water flowing over it, but at least it was the last station.
The cavern abounds in apparent waterfalls, veils, and tents of colored stone, known as flowstone.
Nine metres down it is possible to get off the ladder on to a ledge of jammed rocks and enter a parallel aven, with much flowstone on the walls and water entering at the top.
Sheet-like layered deposits on cave walls or floors are called flowstone.
Cave walls down which water habitually runs may become covered with sheets of travertine flowstone.