Potstone
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noun.
A variety of steatite once used to make cooking vessels.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A concretion or mass of flint, of a pear-shaped form, and having a central cavity passing through the longer axis.
noun.
Same as
soapstone
or
steatite.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A variety of
steatite
sometimes manufactured into
culinary
vessels
.
Word Usage
"It is a shallow crescent-shaped vessel of potstone, or what is called soapstone from its soapy feel."