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bluestones

bluestones is the plural of bluestone.

bluestones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bluestone.

Meaning of bluestone

Noun

bluestone (countable and uncountable, plural bluestones)

  1. Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction
    • Its people are proud of their history and heritage of free settlement and the famous bluestone homes and public buildings of Adelaide are among the most orderly and best cared for examples of colonial architecture in the country.2000, Laura Veltman, Living and Working in Australia: All you need to know for starting a new life ‘down under’, 7th edition, page 184
  2. (UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
  3. (UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.
  4. (Canada, US) A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.
  5. (US) A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
  6. (Australia, New Zealand) A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.

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Questions about bluestones

What is bluestones the plural of?
Bluestones is the plural of bluestone.

Words near bluestones in the dictionary

  1. bluestockingish
  2. bluestockingism
  3. bluestockings
  4. bluestone
  5. bluestoned
  6. bluestones
  7. bluestoning
  8. bluestreak
  9. bluestreaks
  10. bluestripe
  11. bluestripes

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