Meanings
nounslatestone (countable and uncountable, plural slatestones)
plural slatestones
- countableuncountableslate
It [St Pinnock Viaduct] has seven piers of roughly-dressed, coursed slatestone from Westwood quarry. […] Moorswater is another masonry replacement, consisting of seven tapering piers of rock-faced slatestone with eight semi-circular arches with granite long and short voussoirs.
2025 March 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Remembering Brunel's timber viaducts”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 58
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slatestone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slatestone
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“slatestone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slatestone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slatestone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slatestone.
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