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Breakstone

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saxifragenounAny plant in the genus Saxifraga.
rockfoilnounsaxifrage

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saxifragenounAny plant in the genus Saxifraga.
rockfoilnounsaxifrage
cornstonenoun(mineralogy) A kind of marly siliceous rock.
corestonenounA rounded boulder formed in saprolite as the result of weathering.
stonenoun(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
throughstonenounA gravestone made so as to lie flat.
borderstonenounA stone marking a border or boundary
packstonenounA kind of grain-supported calcareous rock containing lime mud.
clingstonenounA stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
whinstonenoun(quarrying industry) Any hard dark-coloured rock.
burstonenounAlternative 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.]
bindstonenounA kind of calcareous rock where organisms (such as alga)e encrust the elements during deposition and bind them together.
ragstonenounStone that is quarried in thin pieces.
dropstonenoun(glaciology) An isolated rock that is geologically distinct from the surroundings, indicating that it was carried from a distant area and then dropped in place (by a melting glacier); an erratic.
rockstonenounA town in Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana.
knockstonenoun(mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.
pitchstonenoun(geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma
crabstonenounA calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.
potstonenoun(mineralogy) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
boulderstonenounA boulder.

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