potstone
/pot-stohn/US // ˈpɒtˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈpɒtˌstəʊn) //
锅石,壶石,锅底石,锅盖石
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
Examples
In Rosss time they got the necessary wood from Ugjulik, the potstone from Aivillik.
Considerable beds of pure potstone, in a somewhat foliated form, occur in the last.
The bulk of the island appears to be composed of a compound rock, formed of clay-stone and potstone intermixed.
It is a shallow crescent-shaped vessel of potstone, or what is called soapstone from its soapy feel.
As the district of the former is destitute of driftwood and potstone they are compelled to buy both articles from their neighbors.
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