clastic

Made up of parts that are easily removable.

Adjective

  1. Made up of parts that are easily removable.
  2. Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Origin

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -ic.

Related

-clast -clasis

Derived

bioclastic clast epiclastic nonclastic pyroclastic vitroclastic volcaniclastic

Noun

  1. A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

Forms

clastics