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crowstones

crowstones is the plural of crowstone.

Meaning of crowstone

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

Questions about crowstones

What is crowstones the plural of?
Crowstones is the plural of crowstone.

Words near crowstones in the dictionary

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

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