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How do you use Chert in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like silica, plus the exact meaning.

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Chert in a sentence

Related words

Chert | Chertsey | Chertoff

Chert meaning

  1. Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
  2. A flint-like tool made from chert.

Synonyms of Chert

silica silicon oxide silicon dioxide

Related words

Other words often associated with Chert or its synonyms:

oxide

Using Chert

  • The main meaning on this page is: Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. | A flint-like tool made from chert.
  • Useful related words include: silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide.
  • In the example corpus, chert often appears in combinations such as: and chert.

Context around Chert

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

banded 1× grey 1×

Often after:

unique 1× rock 1× bifacials 1×

Sentence patterns with Chert

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and grey chert 1× flint and chert bifacials that 1× of banded chert and banded 1× quartz or chert rock fragments 1× shale and chert 1× type of chert unique to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the most 1× flint a type 1× grains can include 1× it includes large 1× the dgb is 1× the oxygen then 1×

Common sentence endings:

and grey chert 1× banded iron formation 1× chert rock fragments 1× embedded in chalk 1× heavy neolithic origin 1× shale and chert 1×

Words around Chert

Just before it in the word index:

chersonesos 3 cherrywood 4 cherryville 3 cherrypicking 2 cherrypickers 2 cherryl 3

Just after it in the word index:

chertoff 2 chertsey 9 cheru 2 cherub 5 cherubic 13 cherubim 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Chert

  • In this selection, "chert" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, banded, grey, unique, rock and bifacials stand out and add context to how "chert" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and grey chert and flint and chert bifacials that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "chert" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with chert

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Grains can include quartz or chert rock fragments. (8 words)

It includes large flint and chert bifacials that may be of Heavy Neolithic origin. (14 words)

Although the most distinctive variety is red, Kodiak outcrops also contain green and grey chert. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The oxygen then combined with dissolved iron in Earth's oceans to form insoluble iron oxides, which precipitated out, forming a thin layer on the ocean floor, which may have been anoxic mud (forming shale and chert). (37 words)

The DGB is characterised by a deeply weathered, metamorphosed succession of Archaean mafic, ultramafic, and felsic volcanic rocks with associated volcanogenic sedimentary rocks and thin units of banded chert and banded iron formation. (33 words)

Flint (a type of chert unique to chalk) is very common as bands parallel to the bedding or as nodules embedded in chalk. (23 words)

Example sentences (6)

The DGB is characterised by a deeply weathered, metamorphosed succession of Archaean mafic, ultramafic, and felsic volcanic rocks with associated volcanogenic sedimentary rocks and thin units of banded chert and banded iron formation.

Although the most distinctive variety is red, Kodiak outcrops also contain green and grey chert.

Flint (a type of chert unique to chalk) is very common as bands parallel to the bedding or as nodules embedded in chalk.

Grains can include quartz or chert rock fragments.

It includes large flint and chert bifacials that may be of Heavy Neolithic origin.

The oxygen then combined with dissolved iron in Earth's oceans to form insoluble iron oxides, which precipitated out, forming a thin layer on the ocean floor, which may have been anoxic mud (forming shale and chert).

Common combinations with chert

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "chert" in a sentence?
An example: "The DGB is characterised by a deeply weathered, metamorphosed succession of Archaean mafic, ultramafic, and felsic volcanic rocks with associated volcanogenic sedimentary rocks and thin units of banded chert and banded iron formation." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "chert" from authentic English texts.
What does "chert" mean?
Chert means: Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
What are synonyms of "chert"?
Common synonyms of "chert" include: silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide.
How many example sentences with "chert" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "chert", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.