Definition for Arenaceous:

• Sand-like; sandy. So arenose a. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Arenaceous:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • arenaceous.
  •dusty (adjective)
  • more undusted,
  • more arenose,
  • un-dusted,
  • most arenaceous,
  • un-cleaner,
  • un swept,
  • un-touched,
  • more arenaceous,
  • most arenose,
  • un cleaner,
  • most undusted,
  • un touched,
  • more unswept,
  • most unswept,
  • un cleanest,
  • un-swept,
  • un-cleanest,
  • un dusted,
  • un clean,
  • un-clean.
  •powdery (adjective)
  • Branny,
  • gravelly,
  • floury.
  •sandy (adjective)
  • more ammophilous,
  • most acervulus,
  • more arenicolous,
  • most arenicolous,
  • more acervulus,
  • most sabulous,
  • most ammophilous,
  • more sabulous.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • acervulus,
  • arenicolous,
  • dusty,
  • powdery,
  • sandy,
  • unswept,
  • Arenose,
  • Sabulous,
  • undusted,
  • ammophilous.
  •n.
  • sandlike.
  •Other relevant words:
  • chondritic,
  • coarse-grained,
  • cold,
  • dust-covered,
  • farinaceous,
  • fine-grained,
  • game,
  • gamey,
  • gamy,
  • granulose,
  • grating,
  • mealy,
  • mettlesome,
  • moth-eaten,
  • powdered,
  • pulverised,
  • pulverized,
  • rasping,
  • raspy,
  • rough,
  • scratchy,
  • shingly,
  • small-grained,
  • spirited,
  • spunky,
  • stale.

Antonyms for Arenaceous:

• adj.

  • all
    argillaceous.
  • Other antonyms:
    clayey.

Arenaceous Sentence Examples:

• The lighter particles, which formed the richest portion of their soil, blow off, and leave only the heavy arenaceous portion; and hence, perhaps, those sandy deserts in which are often to be found the signs of a population once very dense.

• For example, we trace a limestone for a hundred miles, until it becomes more arenaceous, and finally passes into sand, or sandstone.

Homophones for Arenaceous:

• arenga, aramaic, awareness, araneus, arms, airiness, ARNG, airing, air mass, arrange, arrhenius, arminius, Aranyaka, aramus, arming, arnica.