bluestone
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈbluːstoʊn/
:
piedra azul
- The path leading to the entrance was laid with beautiful bluestone slabs.
Examples
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And last year, excavators found the remains of a 30-foot-wide ring that is believed to have been made of bluestones similar to those imported from Wales for Stonehenge.
Academic text (2010) -
They admired the decorative bluestone used in the building's façade for its unique color.
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The fence has been removed, and construction has begun on a low-rise bluestone wall.
Blog text (29) -
The property also includes in-unit laundry facilities, designated parking, a separate storage room on the lower level, and a private bluestone patio in the garden.
Blog text (6) -
And unlike most of the bluestones, they were subjected to laborious dressing and surface finishing.
Academic text (2008) -
These, claims Darvill, must be the bluestones, which geologists say came from the Preseli Hills, an area surrounded by sacred springs in southwest Wales.
Academic text (2008) -
There, massive blocks of sarsen sandstone rise 17 feet, encircling even larger sarsen stones and rings of bluestones up to eight feet high that had been transported more than 200 miles from the Preseli Hills in Wales.
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The new patio was constructed using bluestone, giving it an elegant and durable finish.
Synonyms
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9.0
A hard stone that resists very high heat used to line fireplaces or kilns
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4.0
A small rounded stone used to pave old streets and squares
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4.9
A flat thin piece of stone used to make a path or patio
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4.6
A reddish-brown stone used to build houses and walls
A gray stone used for building walls and houses
A hard dark rock people use to make roads and buildings
A greenish rock used long ago to make tools or jewelry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bluestone is simply blue + stone, meaning a stone that is 'blue' or 'blue-grey', and it was named for its colour because people use it as slabs and blocks for paving and building.