English Dictionary

bluestone

名詞

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(UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken. / (UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.

日本語の意味

濡れた状態や新たに割れた状態で青みがかって見えるドロライトの一種。 / ストーンヘンジの建設に使用された非現地産の大規模な種の石（特にドロライト）を指す。

The pathway was paved with bluestone that darkened to a deep blue after the morning rain.

小道は、朝の雨で濡れると深い青色に変わる閃緑岩の一種で舗装されていた。

意味（1）

(UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.

意味（2）

(UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.

意味（3）

(US, Canada) A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.

意味（4）

(US) A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.

意味（5）

(Australia, New Zealand) A bluish grey basalt or olivine basalt.

意味（6）

(Australia, South Australia) Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.

意味（7）

Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)ₓ where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.

This consists of thoroughly spraying the plants with Bordeaux mixture once in ten days or two weeks after they have begun to run. Bordeaux mixture is made by bringing together the milk of lime and a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone).

意味（8）

Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.

This belt is about 1,000 feet wide at the McConnell Mine, and ends a few hundred yards north of the Bluestone. […] It was worked about 30 years ago, and for a time supplied natural bluestone (chalcanthite) to the amalgamating mills ...

意味（9）

Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.

From Cyprus were brought bricks of lead, with bluestone and elephant's tusks, and the vases were carved in fanciful designs, with the heads of goats, lions, bulls, and eagles.

bluestones （ plural ）