Lodestone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A piece of magnetite that has magnetic properties and attracts iron or steel.
  • n. One that attracts strongly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A naturally occurring magnet.
  • n. The mineral magnetite.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as loadstone.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of magnetite, or the magnetic oxid of iron, which possesses polarity and has the power of attracting fragments of iron. See magnet.
  • n. A leading-stone for drains.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    permanent magnet    static magnet   
    Variant
    loadstone   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hematite    high-q    graphite    play-bill    magnesite   
     
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