soapstone
US/ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/
soapstone noun: a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.
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Noun
soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)
- A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.
- To have a reliable fire, you'll need to carve a lamp from soapstone (you know what soapstone looks like, right?), render some oil for the lamp from blubber, and make a wick out of a particular species of moss.2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 3, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Synonym of saponite.
- Synonyms:
- saponite
Verb
soapstone (third-person singular simple present soapstones, present participle soapstoning, simple past and past participle soapstoned)
- To scrub with soapstone.
soapstone meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Persian
soapstone in Hindi
- soft rock
- सिलखड़ी silkhaṛī
soapstone in Tamil
- மாவுக்கல்
soapstone in Persian
- soft rock
- استاتیت astatat
Synonyms of soapstone
Forms of soapstone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | soapstones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | soapstones |
| present participle | soapstoning |
| past participle | soapstoned |
| past | soapstoned |
Origin of soapstone
From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew.
Words formed from soapstone
Questions about soapstone
- What does soapstone mean?
- Soapstone means a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.
- What is soapstone in Hindi?
- Soapstone in Hindi is सिलखड़ी (silkhaṛī). See Soapstone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is soapstone?
- Soapstone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce soapstone?
- Soapstone is pronounced /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of soapstone?
- The plural of soapstone is soapstones.
Words near soapstone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: soapstone (page history and authors); soapstone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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