Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A red residual soil formed by the leaching of silica and by the enrichment with aluminum and iron oxides, especially in humid climates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rock of peculiar character, found in India and some parts of southwestern Asia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.
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- noun A
red hard orgravel -likesoil orsubsoil formed in thetropics that has beenleached ofsoluble minerals leavinginsoluble iron andaluminium oxides andhydroxides ; used to makebricks androads .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Because the soil on these islands consists of laterite, which is rich in minerals but very poor in humus material, it is subject to extreme erosion when forest cover is removed.
Comoros forests 2007
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· Tripod - This can hold a pulley to aid in lifting the tool string and also support the upper end of the drill stems when drilling through harder layers, such as laterite (see Glossary).
Chapter 6 1980
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In dry soils such as laterite soils, it is a very small plant not exceeding 9 or 10 inches across its spread.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Evoking the shape of the traditional Nigerian bow harp, the design connects the new Abuja Airport to the city proper on the opposite side of the freeway and comes complete with green roofs, a giant solar canopy and bricks made from the local laterite clay.
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Left, Mithun, an 11-year-old worker at a laterite brick mine, posed for a photograph in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, April 14.
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Danish Siddiqui/Reuters HARD LABOR: Fourteen-year-old Sunil was at work Thursday at a laterite brick mine in Ratnagiri district of India, about 225 miles south of Mumbai.
Photos of the Day 2011
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Left, Mithun, an 11-year-old worker at a laterite brick mine, posed for a photograph in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, April 14.
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Rio Tinto has said it plans to spend $2 billion developing the site, which has an estimated 162 million tons of laterite nickel resources.
Rio Tinto Wins Indonesia Permit Reuben Carder 2010
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Inside edges are entirely lined with laterite blocks, which gave easy access to the water.
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Pumpkin-colored mud huts domed with dried grass blended almost perfectly with the red laterite soil.
Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word laterite
It has a name?
May 31, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word laterite
A laterite -- a member of a certain class of perpetually tardy people.
May 31, 2010