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
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(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:
- (countable, uncountable) Synonym of saponite.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soapstones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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)