"soapstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soapstones [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|soap|stone}} soap + stone, {{,}} , Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)
  1. (geology) A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Rocks Translations (soft rock): стеатит (steatit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), талкохлорит (talkohlorit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), esteatita [feminine] (Catalan), 皂石 (zàoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), speksteen [masculine] (Dutch), vuolukivi (Finnish), saippuakivi (Finnish), stéatite [feminine] (French), Speckstein [masculine] (German), στεατίτης (steatítis) [masculine] (Greek), σαπουνόπετρα (sapounópetra) [feminine] (Greek), ukkusissaq (Greenlandic), सिलखड़ी (silkhaṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), szappankő (Hungarian), muilakivi (Ingrian), steatite [feminine] (Italian), pietra saponaria [feminine] (Italian), 동석 (dongseok) (alt: 凍石) (Korean), самын таш (samın taş) (Kyrgyz), kleberstein [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), استاتیت (astatat) (Persian), steatyt [masculine] (Polish), pedra-sabão [feminine] (Portuguese), мы́льный ка́мень (mýlʹnyj kámenʹ) (Russian), талькохлори́т (talʹkoxlorít) [masculine] (Russian), стеати́т (steatít) [masculine] (Russian), та́льковый ка́мень (tálʹkovyj kámenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), жирови́к (žirovík) [masculine] (Russian), steatit [masculine] (Slovene), esteatita [feminine] (Spanish), roca de jabón [feminine] (Spanish), täljsten [common-gender] (Swedish), sabuntaşı (Turkish), жировик (žyrovyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), стеатит (steatyt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sebonfaen [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (mineralogy) Synonym of saponite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Synonyms: saponite [synonym, synonym-of]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soaprock, steatite (alt: often synonymous; more information at soapstone § Terminology)

Verb

Forms: soapstones [present, singular, third-person], soapstoning [participle, present], soapstoned [participle, past], soapstoned [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|soap|stone}} soap + stone, {{,}} , Head templates: {{en-verb}} soapstone (third-person singular simple present soapstones, present participle soapstoning, simple past and past participle soapstoned)
  1. (transitive) To scrub with soapstone. Tags: transitive
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        "To scrub with soapstone."
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      "links": [
        [
          "scrub",
          "scrub"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To scrub with soapstone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nehemiah Grew"
  ],
  "word": "soapstone"
}

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