💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dropstone"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lonestonenoun | (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 |
| free-stonenoun | Alternative spelling of freestone. [Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.] |
| freestonenoun | (countable) A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh. |
| flowstonenoun | (geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave. |
| boundstonenoun | A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition. |
| discstonenoun | (art) A carved stone object like a ringstone but without the central hole. |
| drystonenoun | (geology) A stalactite or stalagmite. |
| cornstonenoun | (mineralogy) A kind of marly siliceous rock. |
| stonenoun | (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material. |
| corestonenoun | A rounded boulder formed in saprolite as the result of weathering. |
| breakstonenoun | Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.) |
| ragstonenoun | Stone that is quarried in thin pieces. |
| floatstonenoun | A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported. |
| pitchstonenoun | (geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma |
| fragmental | (geology) consisting of fragments |
| lithicnoun | (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile. |
| packstonenoun | A kind of grain-supported calcareous rock containing lime mud. |
| knockstonenoun | (mining) A block upon which ore is broken up. |
| loadstonenoun | Alternative form of lodestone. [(obsolete) The mineral magnetite.] |
| potstonenoun | (mineralogy) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels. |
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