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Word: Laterite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: from Latin later ‘brick’ + -ite
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlatərʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a reddish clayey material, hard when dry, forming a topsoil in some tropical or subtropical regions and sometimes used for building.
Short Definition:reddish clayey material, hard when dry, forming topsoil in some tropical or subtropical regions
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