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soapstone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of saponite.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
soapstones Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

soapstoner

Synonyms

soaprock · saponite · steatite

Translations (36)

nb kleberstein (soft rock) · fr stéatite (soft rock) · tr sabun taşı (soft rock) · ca esteatita (soft rock) · kl ukkusissaq (soft rock) · ko 동석 (soft rock) · uk жировик (soft rock) · ky самын таш (soft rock) · it steatite (soft rock) · sl steatit (soft rock) · ru та́льковый ка́мень (soft rock) · ru талькохлори́т (soft rock) · hi सिलखड़ी (soft rock) · fi vuolukivi (soft rock) · el στεατίτης (soft rock) · cy sebonfaen (soft rock) · de Speckstein (soft rock) · fi saippuakivi (soft rock) · el σαπουνόπετρα (soft rock) · pl steatyt (soft rock) · fa استاتیت (soft rock) · bg стеатит (soft rock) · ru жирови́к (soft rock) · pt pedra-sabão (soft rock) · izh muilakivi (soft rock) · uk стеатит (soft rock) · it pietra saponaria (soft rock) · hu szappankő (soft rock) · sv täljsten (soft rock) · es esteatita (soft rock) · ru стеати́т (soft rock) · es roca de jabón (soft rock) · ru мы́льный ка́мень (soft rock) · bg талкохлорит (soft rock) · cmn 皂石 (soft rock) · nl speksteen (soft rock)

wikipedia: Nehemiah Grew

soapstone en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To scrub with soapstone.

Forms

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soapstoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
soapstones Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
soapstoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
soapstoned Tense=Past lexicographic

wikipedia: Nehemiah Grew