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PHILOSOPHERS' STONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does philosophers' stone mean?
• PHILOSOPHERS' STONE (noun)
The noun PHILOSOPHERS' STONE has 1 sense:
1. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Familiarity information: PHILOSOPHERS' STONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
elixir; philosopher's stone; philosophers' stone
Hypernyms ("philosophers' stone" is a kind of...):
substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)
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