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load·stone    Audio Help   [lohd-stohn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
lodestone.
[Origin: 1505–15; earlier load lode + stone]
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load·stone    Audio Help   (lōd'stōn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Variant of lodestone.

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lode·stone also load·stone    Audio Help   (lōd'stōn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A piece of magnetite that has magnetic properties and attracts iron or steel.
  2. One that attracts strongly.


[Middle English lode, way; see lode + stone (from its use by sailors to show the way).]

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loadstone

noun
a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically [syn: lodestone] 

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lodestone also loadstone    Audio Help   (lōd'stōn')  Pronunciation Key 
A piece of the mineral magnetite that acts like a magnet.

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Loadstone

Load"stone`\, Lodestone \Lode"stone\, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
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