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crowstone

crowstone noun: ganister, a kind of sandstone.

Noun

crowstone (countable and uncountable, plural crowstones)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.
    • Yoredale Sandstones […] Large quarries in the "crowstone," as the rock is locally calld, may also be seen in Ratcliffe Wood. […] along Hollin Lane, where the crowstone is again largely quarried.1866, Memoirs, page 67

Forms of crowstone

pluralcrowstones

Origin of crowstone

From crow + stone?

Questions about crowstone

What does crowstone mean?
Crowstone means ganister, a kind of sandstone.
What part of speech is crowstone?
Crowstone is a noun.
What is the plural of crowstone?
The plural of crowstone is crowstones.

Words near crowstone in the dictionary

  1. Crowson
  2. Crowsons
  3. crowstep
  4. crowstepped
  5. crowsteps
  6. crowstone
  7. crowstones
  8. crowth
  9. Crowther
  10. Crowther Island
  11. Crowthers

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