Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pisolite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Pisolite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy
pisolite
Etymologies
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pea + stone?
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Examples
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Nighthawks need peastone, wee pebbles with a diameter of 3/8 to 1/2 of an inch.
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Nighthawks need peastone, wee pebbles with a diameter of 3/8 to 1/2 of an inch.
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Nighthawks need peastone, wee pebbles with a diameter of 3/8 to 1/2 of an inch.
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Crowns allowed runoff of rainwater into gutters and sub-packing of peastone and gravel allowed for absorption of frost heaves where necessary.
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