Cherty (Adjective)
Meaning
Resembling or containing chert.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The geologist carefully examined the cherty outcrops that dotted the landscape.
- The ancient flint tools were often found embedded in cherty nodules.
- The region's cherty soil made it difficult for farmers to till and plant their crops.
- The cherty formations in the rock face suggested that this area had once been a shallow sea.
- The fossil discovery was made in a layer of cherty limestone that dated back millions of years.