thunderstone

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noun

A thunderbolt.

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Meanings

nounthunderstone (plural thunderstones)

plural thunderstones

  1. archaicA thunderbolt.
  2. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.

    Thunderstones are sacred to the vodounist, forged as they are by Sobo and Shango, the spirits of thunder and lightning.

    1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 94
  3. A belemnite.

Origin

From thunder + stone.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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