floatstone

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noun

A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported.

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Meanings

nounfloatstone (countable and uncountable, plural floatstones)

plural floatstones

  1. countableuncountableA kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported.

Origin

From float + stone.

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APA

floatstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floatstone

MLA

“floatstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floatstone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floatstone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floatstone.

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