laterite

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Synonyms: elaterite, vaterite, lacerate, attrite, latrine, latrate, literate, lazurite, materiate, lazarite, lautarite

Antonyms: elaterite, vaterite, lacerate, attrite, latrine, latrate, literate, lazurite, materiate, lazarite, lautarite

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Noun

1. A [[red]] hard or [[gravel]]-like [[soil]] or [[subsoil]] formed in the [[tropic]]s that has been [[leach]]ed of [[soluble]] [[mineral]]s leaving [[insoluble]] [[iron]] and [[aluminium]] [[oxide]]s and [[hydroxide]]s; used to make [[brick]]s and [[road]]s.

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