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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024load•stone (lōd′stōn′),USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogylodestone.
- earlier load lode + stone 1505–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loadstone /ˈləʊdˌstəʊn/ n - a variant spelling of lodestone
lode•stone /ˈloʊdˌstoʊn/USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogy[uncountable] a mineral that possesses magnetism.
- Mineralogy[countable] something that attracts like a magnet.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lode•stone (lōd′stōn′),USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogya variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- a piece of this serving as a magnet.
- something that attracts strongly.
Also, loadstone. - lode (in obsolete sense "way, course'') + stone 1505–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lodestone, loadstone /ˈləʊdˌstəʊn/ n - a rock that consists of pure or nearly pure magnetite and thus is naturally magnetic
- a piece of such rock, which can be used as a magnet and which was formerly used as a primitive compass
- a person or thing regarded as a focus of attraction
Etymology: 16th Century: literally: guiding stone |