"ironstone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ironstones [plural]
Etymology: From iron + stone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|iron|stone}} iron + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ironstone (countable and uncountable, plural ironstones)
  1. Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Iron Translations (ore of iron): желязна руда (željazna ruda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ferŝtono (Esperanto), iarnchloch [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-ironstone-en-noun-dnfp3alh Disambiguation of Iron: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'ore of iron': 91 9
  2. A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ironstone-en-noun-wRXp4iAP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blackband ironstone, carbonaceous ironstone

Inflected forms

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