gneiss.

A metamorphic rock typically showing contrasting bands of different minerals.

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Words that belong together

• banded gneiss
• gneiss outcrop

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Pale and dark bands crossed the gneiss.

A gneiss outcrop rose beside the trail.

The stone wall used blocks of banded gneiss.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular gneiss; plural gneisses for types. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.