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PITCHSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitchstone mean? 

PITCHSTONE (noun)
  The noun PITCHSTONE has 1 sense:

1. dark acid granitic glassplay

  Familiarity information: PITCHSTONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITCHSTONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark acid granitic glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pitchstone" is a kind of...):

volcanic glass (a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly)


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