name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
bluestone
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
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Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
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Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.
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Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.
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Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.
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Usage: Australia, South, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
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.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
Either of two related copper- and sulfur-based bright blue stones:
Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO4·5H2O.
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noun
Meaning 11
Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 12
To treat or dose with copper sulfate.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 13
bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sandstone
History
Etymology
From blue + stone.