Oamaru
/ɒməˈruː/ /ˌɔːəməˈruː/Geology and Building (chiefly NZ )
adjective
Attributive Designating a division of Tertiary rock formations found in the region of Oamaru; specifically (especially in Oamaru stone) a white limestone quarried near Oamaru and formerly much used as a building material.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. From Oamaru, the name of a town on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand, in the region of which the stone is found and quarried.
- country-style
- country sugar
- country talk
- country town
- countryward
- country-western
- countrywide
- countrywoman
- count sheep
- countship
- count someone in
- count someone out
- count something on the fingers of one hand
- count something out
- count the cost
- count the days (or hours)
- count the pennies
- county
- county alderman
- county asylum
- county ball
- county borough
- county clerk
- county clerkship
- county college