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toadstone

toadstone noun: a small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.

toadstone: a small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet
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Noun

toadstone (countable and uncountable, plural toadstones)

  1. A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.
  2. A soft, earthy variety of trap-rock of a brownish-grey colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit.
    • Rowley-Rag appeared to be the same thing as basalt and toadstone resembled some species of lava.2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 162

Forms of toadstone

pluraltoadstones

Origin of toadstone

From toad + stone.

Questions about toadstone

What does toadstone mean?
Toadstone means a small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.
What part of speech is toadstone?
Toadstone is a noun.
What is the plural of toadstone?
The plural of toadstone is toadstones.

Words near toadstone in the dictionary

  1. toadship
  2. toadskin
  3. toadskins
  4. toadsticker
  5. toadstickers
  6. toadstone
  7. toadstones
  8. toadstool
  9. toadstool disease
  10. toadstool leather coral
  11. toadstoollike

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