dimension stone

American  

noun

1. quarried and squared stone 2 feet (0.6 meters) or more in length and width and of specified thickness.

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Example Sentences

Covering about 50 acres and almost 600 feet deep, it lays claim to being the world’s largest operating deep-hole quarry for dimension stone.

From Washington Post

Dimension stone, flint, rubble, burnt or unburnt brick,—use them as you find them.

From Project Gutenberg

Next comes the consideration of stone-quarries from which dimension stone and supplies of rubble to be used in building are taken and brought together.

From Project Gutenberg

This we may learn from several monuments in the environs of the city, which are built of marble or dimension stone, but on the inside packed with masonry between the outer walls.

From Project Gutenberg

He who wishes to avoid such a disaster should leave a cavity behind the facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick or lava in courses, and then bind them to the fronts by means of iron clamps and lead.

From Project Gutenberg