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bloodstone

blood·stone
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bluhd-stohn]
    • /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/
    • /ˈblʌdstəʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bluhd-stohn]
    • /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/

Definitions of bloodstone word

  • noun bloodstone a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstone 3
  • noun bloodstone dark-green chalcedony spotted with red jasper, used as a semiprecious stone; heliotrope 3
  • noun bloodstone a greenish variety of chalcedony with small bloodlike spots of red jasper scattered through it. 1
  • noun bloodstone A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name). 0
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Origin of bloodstone

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1545-55; blood + stone

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Parts of speech for Bloodstone

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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bloodstone popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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  • hematite

    a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.

  • quartz

    one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
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