"floatstone" meaning in All languages combined

See floatstone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: floatstones [plural]
Etymology: From float + stone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|float|stone}} float + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} floatstone (countable and uncountable, plural floatstones)
  1. A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-floatstone-en-noun-Y1UkNpOi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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