soapstone
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soapstone
- /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun 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.
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Synonym of saponite.
Similar: saponite
verb soapstones · soapstoning · soapstoned
- To scrub with soapstone.
Translations
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noun soft rock
| Español | esteatita, roca de jabón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동석 dongseok |
| 中文 | 皂石 zàoshí |
| हिन्दी | सिलखड़ी silkhaṛī |
| Português | pedra-sabão |
| Français | stéatite |
| Deutsch | Speckstein |
| Italiano | steatite, pietra saponaria |
| Ελληνικά | στεατίτης steatítis, σαπουνόπετρα sapounópetra |
| Русский | мы́льный ка́мень mýlʹnyj kámenʹ, талькохлори́т talʹkoxlorít, стеати́т steatít, та́льковый ка́мень tálʹkovyj kámenʹ, жирови́к žirovík |
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