ALL meanings of laterite
lat·er·ite
L l - noun laterite a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks. 1
- noun laterite a similar soil formed of materials deposited by water. 1
- noun laterite any soil produced by the decomposition of the rocks beneath it. 1
- noun laterite A reddish clayey material, hard when dry, forming a topsoil in some tropical or subtropical regions and sometimes used for building. 1
- noun laterite A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads. 0
- noun laterite any of a group of deposits consisting of residual insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminium oxides: formed by weathering of rocks in tropical regions 0
- noun laterite a red, residual soil containing large amounts of aluminum and ferric hydroxides, formed by the decomposition of many kinds of rocks, and found esp. in well-drained tropical rain forests 0