"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: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'ore of iron': 99 1
  2. A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ironstone-en-noun-wRXp4iAP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blackband ironstone, carbonaceous ironstone

Inflected forms

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