loadstone

[lohd-stohn]

noun

1. lodestone.

loadstone

/ ˈləʊdˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of lodestone

Word History and Origins

Origin of loadstone¹

1505–15; earlier load lode + stone

Example Sentences

This week, the rookie receiver Kadarius Toney hobbled off with an ankle injury, a week after his 189-yard game against Dallas showed he could be a loadstone in the receiver rotation.

From New York Times

“In the current environment, wage growth needs to be a major factor, maybe even a loadstone for the Fed, when it’s deciding to raise rates.”

From US News

For Franz Liszt it was a loadstone of double power—the ideality of the place attracted him and its religion anchored his spiritual restlessness.

From Project Gutenberg

It is like what would happen if one had his hands gloved with loadstone, and, placing them on a table of iron, should lift it from the ground.

From Project Gutenberg

It was in the beginning of the eighteenth century that various experiments were made with the loadstone in researches regarding electricity.

From Project Gutenberg