bluestone
Americannoun
noun
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a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
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the blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
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a blue variety of basalt found in Australia and used as a building stone
Etymology
Origin of bluestone
Example Sentences
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Sculpted into the eastern landscape, a series of stone terraces with a bluestone bar directly overlook Greenwich Cove and the vast protected expanse of Greenwich Point Park.”
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Their work offers evidence for the first time of links between cattle remains at Stonehenge and Wales, at the time when the bluestone megaliths were moved to the site.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
The exterior is covered in bluestone and cedar and nothing else.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Port saves loose paving for the backyard, preferring to use poured concrete or bluestone paving on main pathways to the door or driveway.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
The campus looked a lot like the Institute, with its rolling hills, redbrick Victorian buildings, and bluestone roofs.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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