CiteRelated Content
- Daily Word Quiz: spectral
- Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy
- Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee
- Frequently Misspelled Words
- Frequently Mispronounced Words
- Easily Confused Words
- Writing & Language
Meaning of laterite
lat•er•ite
Pronunciation: (lat'u-rīt"), [key]
— n. Geol.
- a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- a similar soil formed of materials deposited by water.
- any soil produced by the decomposition of the rocks beneath it.
See also:
- laterite (Thesaurus)