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moorstones

moorstones is the plural of moorstone.

Meaning of moorstone

Noun

moorstone (countable and uncountable, plural moorstones)

  1. A type of English granite, found mostly in Cornwall.
    • Most of them are what is called moorstone, a kind of granite, but which is so damp that it must, when built in the wall of a house, be lined with brick or other stone.1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 176

Questions about moorstones

What is moorstones the plural of?
Moorstones is the plural of moorstone.

Words near moorstones in the dictionary

  1. moorsman
  2. moorsmen
  3. Moorsom
  4. Moorsoms
  5. moorstone
  6. moorstones
  7. Moorswater
  8. Moorthorpe
  9. moortop
  10. moortops
  11. Moortown

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