noun
Meaning 1
The mineral magnetite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lodestone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈloʊdˌstoʊn/
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noun
Meaning 2
Any naturally occurring magnet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The focus of one's attraction or attention
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- an ideological lodestone
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loadstone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: permanent magnet, static magnet
History
Etymology
First attested from 1515, from Middle English lode (“guide”) + stone. From use as a guide tool by mariners. See also: lodestar.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: магни́т (magnít) — natural magnet
- Dutch: zeilsteen — natural magnet
- Finnish: luonnonmagneetti — natural magnet
- Hebrew: אֶבֶן שׁוֹאֶבֶת (éven shoévet) — natural magnet
- Indonesian: batu magnet — natural magnet
- Irish: adhmaint — natural magnet
- Irish: cloch adhmainte — natural magnet
- Italian: calamita — natural magnet
- Māori: rinotō — natural magnet
- Spanish: imán — natural magnet
- Spanish: calamita — natural magnet
- Swedish: magnetit — natural magnet
- Swedish: svartmalm — natural magnet
- Bulgarian: магнети́т (magnetít) — magnetite
- Dutch: zeilsteen — magnetite
- Finnish: magnetiitti — magnetite
- Indonesian: magnetit — magnetite
- Italian: magnetite — magnetite
- Māori: rinotō — magnetite
- Spanish: piedra imán — magnetite
- Swedish: magnetit — magnetite