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Meaning
Noun
●
In British English:
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction:
A form of
dolerite
which
appears
blue
when
wet
or
freshly
broken.
Any of the several (massive)
kinds of
non-local
stone
(particularly
dolerite
) used to
construct
Stonehenge.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction:
A
feldspathic
sandstone
found in the US and Canada.
●
In American English:
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction:
A form of
limestone
found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
●
In Australian English & New Zealand English:
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction:
A
bluish
grey
basalt
or
olivine
basalt
.
●
In Australian English:
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction:
Slate, such as
comes from
quarries
in or
near
Adelaide.
●
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction:
Any of several
bluish
grey
varieties
of
stone
used for construction
●
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.
Chalcanthite, a
water-soluble
sulfate
mineral
, CuSO₄·5H₂O.
●
In Rocks:
Lapis
lazuli
, or its
core constituent
, lazurite.
Verb
●
To
treat
or
dose
with
copper
sulphate.
Name
●
A surname.
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