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thunderstone

thunderstone noun: a thunderbolt.

Noun

thunderstone (plural thunderstones)

  1. (archaic) A thunderbolt.
  2. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.
    • Thunderstones are sacred to the vodounist, forged as they are by Sobo and Shango, the spirits of thunder and lightning.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 94
  3. A belemnite.

Forms of thunderstone

pluralthunderstones

Origin of thunderstone

From thunder + stone.

Questions about thunderstone

What does thunderstone mean?
Thunderstone means a thunderbolt.
What part of speech is thunderstone?
Thunderstone is a noun.
What is the plural of thunderstone?
The plural of thunderstone is thunderstones.

Words near thunderstone in the dictionary

  1. thundersome
  2. thundersquall
  3. thundersqualls
  4. thunderstick
  5. thundersticks
  6. thunderstone
  7. thunderstones
  8. thunderstorm
  9. thunderstorm asthma
  10. thunderstorms
  11. thunderstormy

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