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Portland stones

Portland stones is the plural of Portland stone.

Meaning of Portland stone

Noun

Portland stone (usually uncountable, plural Portland stones)

  1. (usually) A limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period, quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, and used extensively for building in the British Isles.
    • St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace were built with Portland stone.

Questions about Portland stones

What is Portland stones the plural of?
Portland stones is the plural of Portland stone.

Words near Portland stones in the dictionary

  1. Portland ribbon wave
  2. Portland ribbon waves
  3. Portland rose
  4. Portland roses
  5. Portland stone
  6. Portland stones
  7. Portland West
  8. Portlander
  9. Portlanders
  10. Portlandian
  11. portlandite

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