skarn
/skɑːn
/noun [mass noun] Geology
Lime-bearing siliceous rock produced by the metamorphic alteration of limestone or dolomite.In this issue I look at skarn, a metamorphic rock type....
- The skarn is exposed along a steep mountainside that is gullied along its base by several small, intermittent streams that flow into a beautiful, boulder-filled river.
- No skarn or tactite ores have been reported from the district.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Swedish, literally 'dung, filth'.
Rhymes
- like a shot
- like a streak
- like a stunned mullet
- like a ton of bricks
- like blazes
- like blue murder
- like clockwork
- like crazy
- like death warmed up (or over)
- like enough (or most like)
- like father, like son
- like fury
- like (greased) lightning
- like hell
- like herding cats
- like it or not
- like it's going out of style (or fashion)
- likelihood
- likelihood ratio
- likeliness
- likely
- likely-looking
- like mad
- like magic
- like-minded