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loadstone

loadstone is the alternative form of lodestone.

Meaning of lodestone

Noun

lodestone (plural lodestones)

  1. (obsolete) The mineral magnetite.
  2. Any naturally occurring magnet.
  3. (broadly) The focus of one's attraction or attention
    • an ideological lodestone

Proper noun capitalized: Loadstone

Loadstone

  1. A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of loadstone

pluralloadstones

Questions about loadstone

What does loadstone mean?
Loadstone means a locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
What is loadstone the alternative form of?
Loadstone is the alternative form of lodestone.
What part of speech is loadstone?
Loadstone is a proper noun.

Words near loadstone in the dictionary

  1. loadsome
  2. loadspace
  3. loadspaces
  4. loadstar
  5. loadstars
  6. loadstone
  7. loadstones
  8. loadwise
  9. LOAEL
  10. LOAELs
  11. loaf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loadstone (page history and authors); Loadstone (page history and authors); lodestone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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