sandstone

/ˈsændˌstəʊn/

sandstone means A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.

sandstone is pronounced /ˈsændˌstəʊn/.

Etymology

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).

name

A small town and local government area (the Shire of Sandstone) in the Mid West region, Western Australia.
A place in the United States:; A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
A place in the United States:; A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota.
A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.

noun

A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.“It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.”