Noun: gneiss
| Singular | gneiss |
| Plural | gneisses |
Sample Sentences
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The old towns along the route are as solidly built from the gneiss of the region as you might expect. [2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 98:]
Nouns inflected like gneiss
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From German Gneis, from Middle High German gneist (“spark”), from Old High German gneisto (“spark”). More at gnast. See: German Nouns '
Gneis'.
Verbs referencing "gneiss"
English Nouns
gnast.