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stinkstone

stinkstone

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A rock that gives a bad smell when you break or rub it
  • noun
  • Archaic
: piedra maloliente
  • I found a stinkstone in the river yesterday.

Examples

  • The museum displayed a piece of stinkstone alongside other unusual minerals.

  • When the geologist broke the stinkstone, a strong odor filled the laboratory.

  • Collectors are often surprised by the smell released from stinkstone samples.

  • This stinkstone smells terrible when you touch it.

  • When the miner struck the rock, the foul smell indicated it was a stinkstone.

  • The geologist explained that a stinkstone can be identified by its strong odor when rubbed.

  • During the expedition, we discovered a stinkstone that emitted a terrible smell upon impact.

Surface Forms

stinkstone singular
stinkstones plural

Morphology

stinkstone = stink + stone (transparent) = stink + stone

A straightforward compound where the meaning 'a stone that emits a foul smell' is directly predictable from 'stink' + 'stone'.

Etymology

The word stinkstone is made from stink ('bad smell') and stone ('rock'), and it was named that because the rock gives off a strong bad smell when struck or rubbed.