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bluestone.

Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction: A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.

    UK · countable · uncountable
  3. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction: Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.

    UK · countable · uncountable
  4. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction: A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.

    Canada · US · countable · uncountable
  5. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction: A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.

    US · countable · uncountable
  6. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction: A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.

    Australia · New-Zealand · countable · uncountable
  7. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction: Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.

    Australia · South · countable · uncountable
  8. Either of two related copper- and sulfur-based bright blue stones: Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)ₓ where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.

    countable · uncountable
  9. Either of two related copper- and sulfur-based bright blue stones: Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.

    countable · uncountable
  10. Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From blue + stone.

verb
  1. To treat or dose with copper sulfate.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From blue + stone.

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