ironstone
ironstone noun: any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
Noun
ironstone (countable and uncountable, plural ironstones)
- Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- During my stay at Kamalia there was a smelting furnace at a short distance from the hut where I lodged, and the owner and his workmen made no secret about the manner of conducting the operation, and readily allowed me to examine the furnace, and assist them in breaking the ironstone.1815, Mungo Park, chapter XXI, in Travels in the Interior of Africa, volume II, Cassell, published 1893
- The trees like this barren ironstone formation. It's well they do, for nothing else does.1924, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 3, in The Boy in the Bush, New York: Viking, published 1972, page 41
- A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware.
- More than 50 percent of the collection from Hall’s brothel is ironstone and porcelain. White ironstone tablewares became popular in the late 1850s, and the high percentage of this ware suggests attention to fashion.2000, Donna J. Seifert, Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien, Joseph Balicki, “Mary Ann Hall's first-class house: the archaeology of a capital brothel”, in Robert A. Schmidt, Barbara L. Voss, editors...
ironstone meaning in Tamil
ironstone in Tamil
- இருப்புமணல், துறு
Examples of ironstone in a sentence
- Ironstone chipped against ironstone invokes a spark and a wisp of the same heady smoke.1977, J. M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country, Penguin, published 1982, page 61:
- Most of the older buildings are of reddish-brown ironstone with mossy-tiled roofs, and almost all have stone-embanked gardens, richly planted and expertly maintained.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 374, about Tealby:
- Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 64:
Forms of ironstone
| plural | ironstones |
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Origin of ironstone
From iron + stone.
Words formed from ironstone
Questions about ironstone
- What does ironstone mean?
- Ironstone means any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- What is ironstone in Tamil?
- Ironstone in Tamil is இருப்புமணல், துறு. See Ironstone meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use ironstone in a sentence?
- Ironstone chipped against ironstone invokes a spark and a wisp of the same heady smoke.
- What part of speech is ironstone?
- Ironstone is a noun.
- What is the plural of ironstone?
- The plural of ironstone is ironstones.
Words near ironstone in the dictionary
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