Associations to the word «Clastic»

Wiktionary

CLASTIC, adjective. Made up of parts that are easily removable.
CLASTIC, adjective. (geology) (of rock) made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Dictionary definition

CLASTIC, adjective. Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone).
CLASTIC, adjective. Capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats