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SOAPROCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soaprock mean?
• SOAPROCK (noun)
The noun SOAPROCK has 1 sense:
1. a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
Familiarity information: SOAPROCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
soap-rock; soaprock; soapstone; steatite
Hypernyms ("soaprock" is a kind of...):
talc; talcum (a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder)
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