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lodestone
[ lohd-stohn ]
noun
- a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- a piece of this serving as a magnet.
- something that attracts strongly.
lodestone
/ ˈləʊdˌstəʊn /
noun
- a rock that consists of pure or nearly pure magnetite and thus is naturally magnetic
- a piece of such rock, which can be used as a magnet and which was formerly used as a primitive compass
- a person or thing regarded as a focus of attraction
lodestone
/ lōd′stōn′ /
- A piece of the mineral magnetite that acts like a magnet.
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Origin of lodestone1
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Example Sentences
Beale Street drew them, it has been said, “like a lodestone.”
It was my lodestone, my centering point, my story as a journalist covering Germany and the East Bloc.
It had formed a Chamber of Commerce which entered bravely upon its mission as a lodestone for the attraction of Eastern capital.
A Greek legend tells us that the lodestone was discovered by Magnes, a shepherd who found his crook attracted by the rock.
One of their experiments was to float a needle on a piece of cork, and make it follow a lodestone held in the hand.
For three years he draws me to his parties as a lodestone draws baser metals.
She used no wiles, practised no arts—her subtle mesmerism was the unseen power of the lodestone.
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