ventifact

English

Etymology

Blend of vent (“wind”) +‎ artifact (“an object shaped or created by some process or agency”) from French vent from Latin ventus

Noun

ventifact (plural ventifacts)

1. A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.

   Hyponym: dreikanter

   • 1949, Kenneth Page Oakley, Man the Tool-Maker:

     Stones splintered by fire, or faceted by sandstorms (ventifacts or dreikanters) are occasionally mistaken for the work of man.

Synonyms

• windkanter

Translations

ventifact

German: Windkanter m Turkish: façetalı çakıl

See also

• yardang

Further reading

• ventifact on Wikipedia.Wikipedia