soapstone

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

Kavramlar

sabuntaşı

Eş anlamlılar

steatite

soaprock

soap-rock

talc

talcum

bowlingite

steatile

mountain soap

piotine

chord

soap earth

soap stone

clay for pottery

stone implement

saponite

Çeviriler

Speckstein

steatite

stéatite

lardite

esteatita

esteatite

στεατίτης

pierre ollaire

pierre à savon

zeepsteen

Esteatite

الحجر الأملس

esteatita

Saponit

Seifenstein

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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.