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marlstones

marlstones is the plural of marlstone.

Meaning of marlstone

Noun

marlstone (countable and uncountable, plural marlstones)

  1. Marl when hardened into stone.
    • The steady climb eastwards has lifted us from the Soar Valley at Leicester into the marlstone (or ironstone) country of the Middle Lias which, at this point, forms a ridge of high ground over 700ft above sea level, […]1961 July, C. P. Walker, P. H. V. Banyard, “Leicester's Belgrave Road branch lives another year”, in Trains Illustrated, page 414

Questions about marlstones

What is marlstones the plural of?
Marlstones is the plural of marlstone.

Words near marlstones in the dictionary

  1. Marlows
  2. marlpit
  3. marlpits
  4. marls
  5. marlstone
  6. marlstones
  7. marlu
  8. marlus
  9. marly
  10. marm
  11. marma

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