Soapstone

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  • noun. A soft metamorphic rock composed mostly of the mineral talc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A variety of steatite (see talc); specifically, a piece of such stone used when heated for a griddle, a foot-warmer, or other like purpose.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See steatite, and talc.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
    • Word Usage
    "One carven image of the goddess Sekmet, seated on her throne, two inches high, carved in soapstone, caked with an iron rich clay, oxidized to a deep blood red."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    talc  talcum  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    12-point  arabesque  bat-twirling  boxwood  cast-in-place  
    variant
    steatite  talc  
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