sedimentary rock

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === sedimentary rock (countable and uncountable, plural sedimentary rocks) (geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution. Hypernyms: rock, stone < material Coordinate terms: igneous rock, metamorphic rock ==== Translations ====