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Freestone

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Word	Definition
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.]
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.
claystonenoun	(geology) Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
calmstonenoun	(colloquial) A sandstone, shale, or mudstone that forms in layers that are easily split into flagstones.
ragstonenoun	Stone that is quarried in thin pieces.
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
cornstonenoun	(mineralogy) A kind of marly siliceous rock.
rudstonenoun	A calcareous rock consisting of coarse limestones supported by grains larger than two millimetres.
corestonenoun	A rounded boulder formed in saprolite as the result of weathering.
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.
boundstonenoun	A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition.
flagstonenoun	A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
felstonenoun	(mineralogy, archaic) Felsite.
stonenoun	(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
camstonenoun	A kind of clay used to whiten doorsteps, etc.
siltstonenoun	A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.
lime-stonenoun	Alternative spelling of limestone. [An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.]
sedimentarynoun	A rock of this kind.
sandstonenoun	A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
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.