thunderstone
or thun·der-stone
any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
Archaic. a thunderbolt or flash of lightning.
Origin of thunderstone
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How to use thunderstone in a sentence
He describes the "thunderstone" as an "agglomeration of brick, soot, unburned coal, and cinder."
The Book of the Damned | Charles FortThe thunderstone, or thunderbolt, was supposed to have no power of harming any one who was asleep, or who wore laurel leaves.
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois | George ChapmanHe searched among the roots of this tree and found a "thunderstone."
The Book of the Damned | Charles FortMeunier tells of another "thunderstone" said to have fallen in North Africa.
The Book of the Damned | Charles FortIn Notes and Queries, 2-8-92, a writer says that he had a "thunderstone," which he had brought from Jamaica.
The Book of the Damned | Charles Fort
British Dictionary definitions for thunderstone
/ (ˈθʌndəˌstəʊn) /
a long tapering stone, fossil, or similar object, formerly thought to be a thunderbolt
an archaic word for thunderbolt
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