soapstone

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.
2. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of saponite.

Verb

To scrub with soapstone.

Concepts

stéatite

craie

craie de briançon

pierre ollaire

pierre à savon

Synonymes

steatite

soaprock

soap-rock

talc

talcum

bowlingite

steatile

mountain soap

piotine

chord

soap earth

soap stone

clay for pottery

stone implement

saponite

Traductions

Speckstein

steatite

lardite

sabuntaşı

esteatita

στεατίτης

esteatite

esteatita

Seifenstein

Saponit

zeepsteen

الحجر الأملس

Esteatite

Steatit

σαπουνόχωμα

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.