loadstone
Use Loadstone in a sentence
Ads
Loadstone www.amazon.com/ Great Prices and Huge Selection Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Lodestone Loadstone? lodestone-loadstone.buycheapr.com/ Search 25,000+ Shops on BuyCheapr™: Find Lodestone Loadstone Now!
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To loadstone
Collins
00:10
Loadstone
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
lodestone or loadstone (ˈləʊdˌstəʊn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a rock that consists of pure or nearly pure magnetite and thus is naturally magnetic |
| b. a piece of such rock, which can be used as a magnet and which was formerly used as a primitive compass | |
| 2. | a person or thing regarded as a focus of attraction |
| [C16: literally: guiding stone] | |
| loadstone or loadstone | |
| —n | |
| [C16: literally: guiding stone] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| lodestone also loadstone (lōd'stōn') Pronunciation Key
A piece of the mineral magnetite that acts like a magnet. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Now with this loadstone you may make magnets artificially.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
