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pipestone

pipestone noun: a hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.

Noun

pipestone (countable and uncountable, plural pipestones)

  1. A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
    Synonyms:
    catlinite

Proper noun capitalized: Pipestone

Pipestone

  1. A township in Berrien County, Michigan, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, within the rural municipality.
  4. A rural municipality in Manitoba.

Synonyms of pipestone

Forms of pipestone

pluralpipestones

Origin of pipestone

From pipe + stone.

Words formed from pipestone

Questions about pipestone

What does pipestone mean?
Pipestone means a hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
What part of speech is pipestone?
Pipestone can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pipestone?
The plural of pipestone is pipestones.

Words near pipestone in the dictionary

  1. pipesnakes
  2. pipestave
  3. pipestaves
  4. pipestem
  5. pipestems
  6. pipestone
  7. Pipestone County
  8. pipestones
  9. pipet
  10. pipetongs
  11. pipets

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