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rottenstone

rottenstone noun: a soft, friable limestone, used in polishes.

Noun

rottenstone (countable and uncountable, plural rottenstones)

  1. A soft, friable limestone, used in polishes.

Verb

rottenstone (third-person singular simple present rottenstones, present participle rottenstoning, simple past and past participle rottenstoned)

  1. (transitive) To polish with rottenstone.

Forms of rottenstone

Noun
pluralrottenstones
Verb
third-person singular presentrottenstones
present participlerottenstoning
past participlerottenstoned
pastrottenstoned

Origin of rottenstone

From rotten + stone.

Questions about rottenstone

What does rottenstone mean?
Rottenstone means a soft, friable limestone, used in polishes.
What part of speech is rottenstone?
Rottenstone can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of rottenstone?
The plural of rottenstone is rottenstones.

Words near rottenstone in the dictionary

  1. rottenest
  2. rottenish
  3. rottenly
  4. rottenness
  5. rottennesses
  6. rottenstone
  7. rottenstoned
  8. rottenstones
  9. rottenstoning
  10. rotter
  11. Rotterdam

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