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ironstone

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Definitions

  1. Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.

Word origin

From iron + stone.

Used in a sentence

  • The trees like this barren ironstone formation. It's well they do, for nothing else does.
  • While I listen I sniff in the cordite fumes. Ironstone chipped against ironstone invokes a spark and a wisp of the same heady smoke.
  • Most of the older buildings are of reddish-brown ironstone with mossy-tiled roofs, and almost all have stone-embanked gardens, richly planted and expertly maintained.

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