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A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.
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Alternative form of adder stone [A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.]
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(countable) A marble made from agate.
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(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
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(construction) Asphalt produced by blowing air through molten asphalt to raise its softening point and modify other properties.
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(art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
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Alternative form of altar stone [A consecrated stone that forms all or part of the mensa of an altar.]
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Alternative form of altar stone [A consecrated stone that forms all or part of the mensa of an altar.]
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(geology) A slate consisting mainly of clay, iron pyrites, and coaly matter, from which alum is obtained.
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Durable, wear-resistant stone
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(architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.
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Alternative form of ashlar [(architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.]
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A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
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A material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder. (Often abbreviated as asphalt.)
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(roofing) A mixture of asphalt particles and emulsifying agent, such as bentonite clay and water.
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(idiomatic) A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
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Alternative form of asphalt [A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.]
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One who pours or works with asphalt.
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A spherical concrete stone used in weightlifting challenges.
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Alternative form of axstone [A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.]
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Construction material similar to adobe, consisting of clay or mud reinforced with sticks or canes.
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(UK, Lancashire, Yorkshire) Obsolete form of bakestone. [Synonym of baking stone]
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Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
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A durable yellowish sandstone with high iron oxide content.
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Stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry.
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(geology) Two or more beds that have similar composition and structure, with very distinct strata above and below the bedding planes.
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A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
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(Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
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A nearly cubical block of granite or other tough stone, used as a material for street pavements.
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(nautical) Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
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Any of a similar list of less costly substitutes.
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(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
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A slaty bluish mineral, a variety of argillaceous slate, used for drawing and for making black paint.
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Alternative form of blacktop [(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).]
v
Alternative form of blacktop [(US) To pave with blacktop.]
n
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
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A stone set into the upper wall of Blarney Castle in Ireland, which if kissed is supposed to bestow the gift of the gab or blarney.
v
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
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(Australia, New Zealand) Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc; gravel; road metal.
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(UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.
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(geology) Deposit of porous, impure limonite found in bogs and swamps.
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Alternative form of Bologna stone [(alchemy) The phosphorescent form of baryte.]
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A stone for bonding masonry to a similar backing; a stone that reaches a considerable distance into, or entirely through a wall, for the purpose of binding it together.
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Alternative spelling of borderstone [A stone marking a border or boundary]
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A stone marking a border or boundary
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(art) Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.
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A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
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A rounded stone that is larger than a pebble; a cobblestone.
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A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition.
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A mixture of clay and moss or grass, used in construction as a simpler substitute for pierrotage.
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(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
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a thin slice - usually 20mm in thickness of a facing brick; Used for creating feature walls and external cladding when a lightweight material must be used
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A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
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A basal breccia of cemented limestone and sandstone fragments dating from the Permian period, found in northern England.
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(countable) A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
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A solution of asphalt in turpentine.
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Alternative spelling of burrstone [A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.]
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A building material composed of miscellaneous materials, such as broken bricks, cobblestones, pebbles, sand, and pieces of wood embedded in hydraulic lime, used primarily in the English seaside resort of Brighton.
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A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.
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Alternative spelling of burrstone [A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.]
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A cream-coloured limestone used in building, found near Caen, France.
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(colloquial) A sandstone, shale, or mudstone that forms in layers that are easily split into flagstones.
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flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.
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(Scotland) Alternative form of copestone [capstone]
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Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
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Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
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Alternative form of camstone [A kind of clay used to whiten doorsteps, etc.]
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(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
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(geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
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(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
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Having or resembling chalkstones.
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A flat fragment of sandstone, slate, etc. found in soil.
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A children's game similar to knucklebones but using pebbles.
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(geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
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Alternative form of chessil [gravel or pebbles]
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The name of a large number of geological rock formations in the United States and Canada.
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a pavement surface treatment that combines one or more layer(s) of asphalt with one or more layer(s) of fine aggregate
adj
(dated, of soil) Having a mixture of small pebbles or gravel.
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A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
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(Scotland) A chuck; a pebble.
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(Scotland) A chuck; a pebble.
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An argillaceous rock that splits readily into thin sheets.
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One of the concretionary nodules in alluvial deposits.
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A flagstone or similar stone that has been cleft from a larger one
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A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
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A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.
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Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.
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An asphalt felt that has been coated on both sides with harder, more viscous asphalt.
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(uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
adj
Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.
v
To hastily construct (something).
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(uncountable) The material made from cobblestones.
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(US) Lumps of ice mixed with sand and salt accumulated on highways
adj
Having a consistency similar to cobbles.
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(UK, dialect) A cobblestone.
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Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building. [A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.]
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(construction) A mass of semisolid asphalt concrete tamped into potholes in a paved surface to provide a temporary repair, typically used in cold winter conditions.
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A traditional roofing material found in central England, a form of limestone (not true slate).
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(literally and figuratively) A capstone.
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Alternative form of coping stone [(literally and figuratively) A capstone.]
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Obsolete form of cobblestone. [A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.]
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(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material.
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A rounded boulder formed in saprolite as the result of weathering.
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(geology) A coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England
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Alternative spelling of cornerstone [A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.]
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Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
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(mineralogy) A kind of marly siliceous rock.
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A stone used in building a course.
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Alternative form of cover sand [(geology) A layer (or layers) of sand deposited by wind, typically in a coastal environment]
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A calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.
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Paving with pieces of irregular size and shape that fit together and (approximately) cover the surface.
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(mineralogy) A harmotome.
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(UK, dialect) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.
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(historical) A form of black lava quarried in the Rhine Valley and used for millstones.
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An engineered stone replacement product, composed of polyester resin with embedded stone dust, and dyes to make the plastic resin composite appear like the natural stone that the dust was derived from.
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A stone containing a cupule.
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A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb
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US spelling of kerbstone [A paving stone that forms part of a kerb]
adj
(masonry) Fitted together of huge irregular stones.
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A cylindroconical stone artifact made by aboriginal Australians.
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(architecture) An embedded stone with a date carved into it.
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A mixture of tar and asphalt that is produced as a byproduct of the deasphalting process.
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(dated, 19th century) A pebble used in a child's game called dibstones.
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Natural stone or rock that has been fabricated to a specific shape or size.
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(art) A carved stone object like a ringstone but without the central hole.
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A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
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Interlocking blocks of concrete, used for protection of seawalls and to preserve beaches from erosion, formerly known as Merryfield blocks.
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(dated) The stone forming a threshold; a doorstep.
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A soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing.
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Alternative form of dry-stone
adj
(of a wall, bridge or building) Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar.
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(geology) A stalactite or stalagmite.
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Alternative form of eaglestone [A concretionary nodule of iron oxide with a loose kernel inside such that it makes a rattling noise, formerly used for magical or medicinal purposes.]
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Alternative form of eaglestone [A concretionary nodule of iron oxide with a loose kernel inside such that it makes a rattling noise, formerly used for magical or medicinal purposes.]
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A concretionary nodule of iron oxide with a loose kernel inside such that it makes a rattling noise, formerly used for magical or medicinal purposes.
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mineral tar, a kind of asphalt
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The grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timbers.
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A stone found in fields and used for building.
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A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
adj
(geology) Tending to split into layers like flagstones.
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One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
adj
Evoking the Flintstones cartoon series.
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A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported.
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A decorative backdrop resembling a wall made from a solid mass of flowers.
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(obsolete) An imitation jewel or precious stone.
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A gravestone placed at the foot of a grave; typically smaller than a headstone, and frequently resembling a large cobblestone.
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A plaster compound creating the trompe l'oeil appearance of rock.
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A stone laid during the construction of a (usually important) building, the laying of which is usually marked by a ceremony.
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Alternative spelling of freestone [Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.]
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Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.
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(UK, dialect) A kind of brittle limestone.
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A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.
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Alternative form of ganister [A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.]
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(Australia) A rounded, eroded stone characteristic of dry parts of inland Australia.
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(archaeology) A large stone or flint tool of the Heavy Neolithic industry, associated primarily with the Qaraoun culture in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.
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A type of asphalt that uses crushed glass in place of rock aggregate.
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Alternative form of glasphalt [A type of asphalt that uses crushed glass in place of rock aggregate.]
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(historical) A man-made bezoar produced in Goa, once thought to have medicinal and talismanic properties.
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Alternative form of gold stone (“gold ore”)
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A kind of calcareous rock that lacks mud and is grain-supported.
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A paving stone made from granite chippings in a cement aggregate
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(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
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Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
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(uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
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a road with a gravel surface, instead of asphalt, bitumen or concrete.
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A path laid out with a gravel surface.
adj
(pathology) Caused by or involving gravel (“kidney stones”).
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A building made of any type of gray stone, such as limestone
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An aggregate of sand, bentonite clay, pulverized coal, and water, used in making moulds for metal casting.
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Alternative form of graystone [(uncountable) A type of gray volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron]
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(geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
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A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
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A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.
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(architecture) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.
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Rock rich in gypsum; gypsic soil.
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Obsolete form of gypsum. [A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.]
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(archaeology) A type of stone used to hit or strike in a similar way to a modern-day hammer.
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Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.
n
(art) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
v
(transitive) To surface a building using a slurry of pebbles or stone chips which is then cured using a lime render.
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The cornerstone or principal stone of a building.
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A flat stone used to form a hearth.
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A mixture of hemp shives and lime (possibly including sand, pozzolans, or cement) used as a material for construction and insulation.
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A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
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A mixture of clay, gravel and sand, used as a base for laying pavements and paths
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(nautical) A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
n
(construction) A repair for cracks and potholes in a paved surface involving filling them with hot, molten asphalt concrete.
n
A type of asphalt concrete that is laid onto the surface of a road, path, etc., at the high temperature.
n
A stone, either naturally exposed or intentionally embedded in a river during a drought, which is dated and often inscribed to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they may face famine if the water reaches that low level again. Such stones are common in Central Europe.
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quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing underwater, etc.
n
A limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, underwater.
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An anthropic rock made from aggregates bonded with Portland cement, intended as a substitute for natural tufa.
n
A stone mortar used for the grinding and containment of ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.
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The stone forming the jamb of a doorway.
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Alternative form of jewstone [A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine]
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A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
n
Alternative form of kerbstone [A paving stone that forms part of a kerb]
n
Alternative form of kerbstone [A paving stone that forms part of a kerb]
n
A paving stone that forms part of a kerb
adj
Furnished with kerbstones.
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(architecture) The top stone of an arch.
n
(India) A kind of concrete, of broken brick, lime, etc., used for floors and terrace roofs.
n
A hard, coarse basaltic millstone from the Rhine region.
adj
Held in place by strips of lead.
n
Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.
adj
(of stone tools) Manufactured with the Levallois technique of flint knapping.
n
A type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England and Wales.
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A soft form of mortar made from sand and slaked lime, largely replaced by cement mortar in modern building methods.
n
(geology) A course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.
n
(geology) A natural karst landform consisting of a flat limestone slabs (clints) separated by fissures (grikes).
n
(architecture) A kind of ivory coloured limestone from the Lisbon, Portugal area.
n
(dialect) A cleft or hollow in rock.
adj
Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
n
Any of various dwarf succulent plants that resemble stones.
n
Alternative form of lodestone [A naturally occurring magnet.]
n
A rocking or balanced stone.
n
Alternative form of logan (“balanced stone”) [A rocking or balanced stone.]
n
(geology) An oversize, exotic stone encased in finer sediment and either lacking or associated with obvious evidence of having dropped into the sediment from above.Cf: dropstone
n
(Britain, colloquial) ivy
n
A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
n
(archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period
n
A flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone.
n
(uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
v
Alternative form of macadamize [To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.]
n
(Britain) The process of paving roads with macadam.
v
To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
n
A relatively large stone age tool, typically made from a flint nodule
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An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.
n
A flintlike material used to in pavement or as a building material
n
Stonework done by a mason.
n
A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
n
Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
n
(geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
n
(construction) composite sheets consisting of a polymer modified bitumen often reinforced with various types of mats or films and sometimes surfaced with films, foils or mineral granules.
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A type of English granite, found mostly in Cornwall.
n
An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.
n
(UK, obsolete) A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin.
n
(archaeology) A kind of mortar used by ancient Romans for grinding.
n
(construction) A layer of concrete, typically 2 to 6 inches thick, poured below the structural slab but above a layer of wet or muddy soil.
n
Adobe brick; unfired brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw.
n
Alternative form of murra (“ornamental stone”) [(historical) An ornamental stone for vases, etc. described by Pliny, most probably fluorspar; it was first brought to Rome by Pompey, 61 B.C.]
n
A stone implement from the Neolithic era.
n
A type of ancient Sumerian carved oval or ovoid ornamental stone.
n
(archaeology) The initial piece of stone from which a tool is made.
n
A red sedimentary rock formation in Britain.
adj
(archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.
n
A kind of grain-supported calcareous rock containing lime mud.
n
A simple type of building foundation consisting of a stone which both spreads the weight of a wooden building out on the ground and keeps the wood off of the ground. A staddle stone is a type of padstone.
v
(Britain) To cover something with paving slabs.
v
To formalize an existing de-facto practice.
n
(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
n
One of many flat stones used to pave an outdoor area.
n
Alternative form of paving stone [One of many flat stones used to pave an outdoor area.]
n
A brick or slab used for paving.
n
Alternative form of pavior. [A person who lays paving slabs.]
n
A type of gravel consisting of small (1/4 in, .6 cm) round and smooth stones in variety of colors often used for decorative purposes.
v
(transitive) To pave with pebbles.
adj
Obsolete form of pebbly. [Of or containing pebbles.]
n
Alternative form of penistone [(obsolete) A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.]
n
Alternative form of penistone [(obsolete) A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.]
n
(obsolete) A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
n
Alternative form of penistone [(obsolete) A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.]
n
Alternative form of penistone [(obsolete) A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.]
n
Any superficial surface constructed to look like stonework, usually made of concrete or thin sheets of rock assembled over an existing surface.
n
(historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
n
stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
adj
Obsolete form of petrean. [Composed of rock or stone; rocky, stony.]
n
(countable) A piece of said substance.
n
A light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.
n
Dabbing in stoneworking.
n
Alternative form of pissasphalt [(mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.]
n
Alternative form of pissasphalt [(mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.]
n
(mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
n
A thick liquid or pitch-like form of tar.
n
(geology) A tectonic plate.
n
A mineral used for polishing glass, marble, and metals, composed chiefly of silica, with a little alumina, lime, iron oxide, and water.
n
A mixture of polyurethane resin and other additives meant to produce a stone-like appearance.
n
A limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period, quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, and used extensively for building in the British Isles.
n
A pavement consisting of small flat pieces of various different stones arranged in a mosaic pattern.
n
(mineralogy) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
n
A porous solid filled with solvent, used to remove stains from porous stone such as marble or granite.
n
A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.
n
Alternative form of pozzolana [A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.]
n
Alternative spelling of pozzolana [A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.]
n
A conglomerate stone consisting of pebbles surrounded by cement.
n
(obsolete) pebble; stone
n
Obsolete form of pumice stone. [A piece of pumice]
n
A type of hard limestone from the Isle of Purbeck, used for building and paving.
n
Alternative form of pozzolana [A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.]
n
Alternative form of pozzolana [A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.]
n
Alternative spelling of pozzolana [A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.]
n
Alternative form of quarnell stone [A squared stone, typically used in masonry]
n
A squared stone, typically used in masonry
n
A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
n
The flat stone covering a cromlech.
n
Stone that is quarried in thin pieces.
n
Any of a class of large, circular stone disks, carved out of limestone, in the island of Yap, Micronesia
n
Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion; gastroliths [from 17th c.]
n
A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
n
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
n
An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
n
A secondary mineral deposit, with a stone-wall-like appearance made up of calcite and other minerals, that builds up to create cave pools.
n
(art) A carved, contoured, donut-shaped stone object in early Indian art.
n
(UK, regional) Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.
n
Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc.; gravel; blue metal.
n
The layer of aggregates under the paved layer of a road.
n
Any type of stone or stone product, such as shingle, flints, crushed stone, etc used as a construction material for building roads.
n
(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
adj
(now archaic) Consisting or made of rock or rocky material.
n
(astronomy) A meteoroid.
n
A modern type of brick inspired by the ancient prototypes, characteristically longer and flatter than standard bricks.
n
A natural cement made by burning septaria and mixing in sand.
n
One of the successive crusts formed on molten metal as it cools.
n
(mineralogy) A soft stone used in artistic grinding and polishing, and for cleaning metallic substances. The name is also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to similar uses.
n
(geology) A soft, friable limestone, used in polishes.
n
Small stones used for paving.
n
(geology) A hard basaltic rock found in the Rowley Hills, near Birmingham, formerly used in paving and construction.
n
Rubble; a loose collection of broken stones.
n
A form of masonry made of large stones loosely thrown together and then optionally grouted.
n
A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone.
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(archaeology) An ancient monument consisting of a typically raised stone with a runic inscription.
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A goldsmith's polishing-stone.
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One of the bevelled stones of black basalt used to build traditional pavements in Italy.
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(transitive) To cover with sand.
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(military, historical) A sand fort equipped with an artillery battery, frequently found in coastal defense, usually having organic infantry attached.
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Alternative spelling of sandspit. [A small sandy point of land or a narrow shoal projecting into a body of water from the shore]
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Alternative form of sand sheet [(geology) A relatively flat area of sand blown there by the wind]
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Alternative form of sampietrino [One of the bevelled stones of black basalt used to build traditional pavements in Italy.]
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A traditional water-resistant mortar made of clay and limestone, used in Iranian architecture.
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A reddish variety of limestone.
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Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
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Obsolete form of slate. (cover with slates) [(transitive) To cover with slate.]
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(obsolete) Full of rocks; rocky.
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A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
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Alternative form of screw-stone [The fossil stem of an encrinite.]
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(UK, dialect) A form of calciferous sandstone.
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A precious stone with an engraving on it, used to create an impression in a soft material, and associated especially with the ancient Minoan civilisation.
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Of a road that has an asphalt or macadamised surface.
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A desert of pebbles or larger stones.
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A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
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Alternative form of shew stone [A crystal ball.]
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Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
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(geology) A variety of blue slate.
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A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.
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Alternative form of silver stone (“silver ore”)
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(geology, paleontology, possibly obsolete) Slate.
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(volcanology) A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.
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A paving stone; a flagstone.
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A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
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(countable) A record of money owed.
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(literary) Made of slate.
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One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
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Alternative form of slaty [Resembling the mineral slate.]
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A stone slab used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
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(geology) A smooth, striated rock surface caused by the friction of one mass sliding over another
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(South Africa) Alternative spelling of sloot [(South Africa) A ditch.]
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Large, concrete blocks with a rough-hewn texture that imitates field stone, or a single such block.
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A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
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A variety of steatite obtained from Aragon in Spain.
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(archaic) A jade or nephrite stone.
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(construction) A method of construction using two separate concrete slabs: the first placed as a slab on grade or suspended slab and covered with waterproofing and a drainage system; the second, or topping slab, placed over the underlying slab and waterproofing.
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Abbreviation of stone. (Not capitalized or usually spaced.) [(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.]
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One of the mushroom-shaped stones used as a support for a barn (or staddle). The shape prevents rats from climbing up to the barn.
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A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
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Alternative form of stean [To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.]
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(archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
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A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.
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Alternative form of stepping stone [A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.]
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Alternative form of stepping stone [A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.]
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A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house; a doorstep.
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The foundation, typically of a stone building.
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(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) Voice, especially when loud or strong.
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A small piece of stone, a pebble.
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(soil science) A soil made up of finely broken rock.
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Large circular limestone disks used as a form of currency by the Yapese people.
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Alternative form of stone-paste [A mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.]
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Alternative form of stone broke [(slang) Synonym of broke: without any money.]
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Alternative form of stone knapper [One who knaps stone.]
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A subsoil made up of small stones or finely broken rock.
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A stone's throw; a short distance.
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(now chiefly dialectal) A stone or rock quarry
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Alternative form of stone knapper [One who knaps stone.]
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A construction worker who places stones.
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The ceremonial placement of the foundation stone of a building.
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(especially fantasy) Knowledge or study of stone(s).
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The work or art of a stonemason.
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(archaic) Consisting or made of stone.
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Synonym of stonecast (“a stone's throw; a short distance”)
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(informal) Resembling or characteristic of The Rolling Stones, an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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Constructions made of stone.
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Obsolete form of stony. [As hard as stone.]
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Obsolete form of stony. [As hard as stone.]
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Characteristically like stone; stony.
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Containing or made up of stones.
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Alternative spelling of stumbling stone [A stumbling block.]
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Alternative spelling of stumbling stone [A stumbling block.]
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(of a stone age tool) flattened, with a tapered base
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(architecture, obsolete) the large triangular stone at the head of a gable.
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(mineralogy) A cellular variety of flint floatstone.
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Alternative form of tar (“Persian string instrument”) [(usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.]
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(uncountable) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
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(archaeology) A large flat horizontal stone.
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A slab of clay used for inscription.
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Alternative form of tarpit [A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface.]
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(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
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(transitive) To cover or surface with tarmacadam.
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A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface.
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(attributive) A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
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(transitive) To furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement.
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(archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
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(architecture) A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
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(Scotland and northern England) A horizontal slab acting as a gravestone.
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(construction) A bondstone.
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A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.
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(historical) A yard where tiles are manufactured.
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A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.
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(UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
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(archaeology) A stone used to manufacture other stone tools
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Alternative form of tool stone [(archaeology) A stone used to manufacture other stone tools]
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A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
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A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
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The underground soil area for tree roots (often with root barriers to direct roots downwards), and the surface treatment for pedestrian safety, and irrigation. Can be used as a flowerbed.
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(archaeology) A tribrachial prehistoric flint implement.
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(historical) A weight formerly used in Scotland, approximately twenty pounds.
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(obsolete) Novaculite, a kind of oilstone brought from Turkey and used for whetstones.
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(Canada) A dolomitic limestone quarried in the vicinity of Tyndall, Manitoba, Canada, famous for its pervasive mottling and numerous fossils.
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(archaeology) A prehistoric stone tool that has been flaked on one surface only.
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(archaeology) Of a prehistoric stone tool: flaked on one surface only.
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(transitive) To remove slates from.
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Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources.
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A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
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(quarrying industry) Any hard dark-coloured rock.
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A light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing.
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Alternative form of wychert [A natural blend of white chalk and clay, traditionally mixed with straw and used to build walls.]
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(mineralogy) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.
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A natural blend of white chalk and clay, traditionally mixed with straw and used to build walls.
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(Australia) A small stone; pebble.
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(archaic) A kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers.
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A durable variety of sandstone from quarries in Yorkshire.
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