Want to find out what does the word wacke mean? We gathered all the possible definitions of the word wacke on our website. Our definition dictionary is updated all the time with new definitions and is ready to help you.
wacke
Part of speech: NounA German miner's term for a soft earthy variety of trap- rock of a greyish- green colour, resembling indurated clay, and readily crumbling down when exposed to the weather.
Usage examples "wacke":- A beautiful bust of gray- wacke in our possession probably represents the same king. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- The newest of these, connected with the higher series of coal- measures, is well exhibited along the shores of the Forth, in Fifeshire, where they consist of basalt with olivine, amygdaloid, greenstone, wacke, and tuff. - "The Student's Elements of Geology", Sir Charles Lyell.