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bluestone
[ bloo-stohn ]
noun
- a bluish, argillaceous sandstone used for building purposes, flagging, etc.
bluestone
/ ˈbluːˌstəʊn /
noun
- a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- the blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
- a blue variety of basalt found in Australia and used as a building stone
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bluestone1
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Example Sentences
She walked down the bluestone and blacktop driveway and through shadows thrown by the branches of seven leafless oak trees.
The term “Bluestone” in the West of England meant holy stone.
A smooth road of bluestone with a surface like velvet, rarely broken by badly paved or badly worn sections, ran straight south.
Martin, in despair, has taken to horse-doctoring his yaws with bluestone and to blessing the Solomons.
Two people should work together and pour the milk of lime and the bluestone solution together so that the streams mix in pouring.
Sprinkle a little copper sulfate (bluestone) in the flame of a Bunsen burner.
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