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slatestone

slatestone noun: slate.

Noun

slatestone (countable and uncountable, plural slatestones)

  1. slate
    • It [St Pinnock Viaduct] has seven piers of roughly-dressed, coursed slatestone from Westwood quarry. […] Moorswater is another masonry replacement, consisting of seven tapering piers of rock-faced slatestone with eight semi-circular arches with granite long and short voussoirs.2025 March 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Remembering Brunel's timber viaducts”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 58

Forms of slatestone

pluralslatestones

Origin of slatestone

From slate + stone.

Questions about slatestone

What does slatestone mean?
Slatestone means slate.
What part of speech is slatestone?
Slatestone is a noun.
What is the plural of slatestone?
The plural of slatestone is slatestones.

Words near slatestone in the dictionary

  1. Slaterville Springs
  2. slates
  3. slates loose
  4. Slateses
  5. slatesful
  6. slatestone
  7. slatestones
  8. slateworks
  9. slatey
  10. slateyness
  11. slather

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