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countable and uncountable, plural soapstones
(geology) A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite. quotations
To have a reliable fire, you'll need to carve a lamp from soapstone (you know what soapstone looks like, right?), render some oil for the lamp from blubber, and make a wick out of a particular species of moss.
2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 3, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press
(mineralogy) Synonym of saponite examples
third-person singular simple present soapstones, present participle soapstoning, simple past and past participle soapstoned
(transitive) To scrub with soapstone. examples