soapstone

English

Untreated soapstone.

Etymology

soap +‎ stone

Noun

soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)

(geology) a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite

Translations

soft rock

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: стеатитът m (steatitǎt), талкохлорит m (talkohlorit)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皂石 (zàoshí)
Egyptian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vuolukivi (fi), saippuakivi (fi)
French: stéatite (fr) f
German: Speckstein m
Greek: στεατίτης (el) m (steatítis)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Inuktitut: please add this translation if you can

Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kyrgyz: самын таш (samın taş)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: pedra-sabão f
Russian: мы́льный ка́мень (mýlʹnyj kámenʹ), талькохлори́т (ru) m (talʹkoxlorít), стеати́т (ru) m (steatít), та́льковый ка́мень m (tálʹkovyj kámenʹ), жирови́к (ru) m (žirovík)
Slovene: steatit m
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: жировик m (žyrovyk), стеатит m (steatyt)
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

Verb

soapstone (third-person singular simple present soapstones, present participle soapstoning, simple past and past participle soapstoned)

(transitive) To scrub with soapstone.

Anagrams

teaspoons

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