Definitions

marl

[mahrl] / mɑrl /

NOUN

clay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brick earth mud terra cotta

STRONG

adobe argil bole clunch kaolin loam loess pottery slip till

WEAK

argillaceous earth china material porcelain material wacke

NOUN

earth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clay coast dirt dust gravel land mud sand shore surface terrain turf

STRONG

alluvium clod compost deposit fill glebe humus loam mold muck sod subsoil topsoil

WEAK

dry land peat moss terra firma terrane

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sky

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If there is much calcareous matter in clay it is called MARL; but this term has unfortunately been used so vaguely, as often to be very ambiguous.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

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