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calmstones

calmstones is the plural of calmstone.

Meaning of calmstone

Noun

calmstone (countable and uncountable, plural calmstones)

  1. (colloquial) A sandstone, shale, or mudstone that forms in layers that are easily split into flagstones.
    • The mineralogical characters of both sandstone and calmstone are identically the same, as well as the fossil organic remains, which occur so abundantly in the latter.1841, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 380

Questions about calmstones

What is calmstones the plural of?
Calmstones is the plural of calmstone.

Words near calmstones in the dictionary

  1. calmoniids
  2. calms
  3. calms before storms
  4. calms down
  5. calmstone
  6. calmstones
  7. calmth
  8. Calmuck
  9. Calmucks
  10. calmy
  11. calmyrin

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