petrosphere

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noun

Any roughly spherical artefact made of stone.

OriginEnglish sphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere →
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Meanings

nounpetrosphere (plural petrospheres)

plural petrospheres

  1. archaeologyAny roughly spherical artefact made of stone.

Origin

  1. Latinpetra
  2. Englishpetro-
  3. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  4. Latinsphaera
  5. Late Latinsphēra
  6. Old Frenchsphere
  7. Middle Englishspere
  8. Englishsphere
  9. Englishpetrosphere

From petro- + -sphere.

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APA

petrosphere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrosphere

MLA

“petrosphere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrosphere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petrosphere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrosphere.

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