Lodestone

Word LODESTONE
Character 9
Hyphenation lode stone
Pronunciations /ˈloʊdˌstoʊn/

Definitions and meanings of "Lodestone"

What do we mean by lodestone?

A piece of magnetite that has magnetic properties and attracts iron or steel. noun

One that attracts strongly. noun

A variety of magnetite, or the magnetic oxid of iron, which possesses polarity and has the power of attracting fragments of iron. See magnet. noun

A leading-stone for drains. noun

Same as loadstone. noun

A naturally occurring magnet. noun

The mineral magnetite. noun

A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically noun

A naturally occurring magnet.

The mineral magnetite.

Lodestone |ˈlōdˌstōn| noun a naturally magnetized mineral, able to be used as a magnet. • figurative a thing that is the focus of attention or attraction. Urban Dictionary

The act of expelling a kidney stone while ejaculating on to the face of another… where in the stone fires out of one’s penis like a musket ball. Urban Dictionary

NOUN The one person who, unbeknownst to them, keeps you from failing a subject at university simply by being so beautiful (among myriad 'meh' looking peers) that you happily zombie your way to the lecture just to sit behind them and stare at the back of their perfect head for an hour. lodestone During that one, magical hour you: a) Get heart palpitations glimpsing a perfectly sculpted ear...or if super duper lucky,sliver of sideface- ohhHHHhhh yeeeEEEAAAAaahhh! b)Try to stop breathing so heavily/swallowing so often etc. c) Absorb bits of lecture during mental intermissions between daydreaming about what their name might be, what their voice might sound like, what you would talk about, whether they'd notice if you touched their hair, if your babies would inherit their hair, what shampoo they use etc.; thus enabling a pass mark- BONUS! After shadowing a complete stranger all semester, your borderline-obsessive and stalkerliciously-sprung self knows that any possible post-fantasy encounter would go down like this: Hottie, smiling politely :) after unintentional physical contact: "oops, sorry" You, grinning INTENSELY :D ,shitting rainbows red-facedly: "GOOD THANKS!" Urban Dictionary

A Gay Greasy Midget from Florida likes when grass tickles there balls. As well as calling people cheaters on the popular game CS:GO and things like "you stupid fuckers i am not gay" on a regular biases also known for lying Urban Dictionary

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The word "lodestone" in example sentences

The name lodestone comes from the old English meaning "way stone" because a sliver of iron rubbed with lodestone also becomes magnetised, and this is how the first compass needles were made. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Anyhow, some genius found out that a small needle brought in contact with the so-called lodestone, or magnetic ore, absorbs the qualities of the lodestone, and when placed on a pivot will always point to the north. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Create a social media "lodestone" within each of your marketing efforts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

HOLC is too complicated to explain, and doesn't speak directly to the liquidity problem to make it some kind of lodestone for fighting the Paulson / Bush bill, which essentially gets around the unconstitutionality issue by pressuring congress to give up their constitutional mandate by handing it over, no questions asked, to the executive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As the epicenter of modern jazz, New York City has always been a magical lodestone, irresistibly attracting talented musicians at every stage of their development and careers. ❋ Ralph A. Miriello (2012)

There is of course more than just a visual resemblance at work here: Chateaubriand has within him an ideological lodestone perpetually inclining him toward the sacred grandeur of the East. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

While snow has been the standard for purity since before Shakespeare, in the 15th century you would have been as right as an adamant, a lodestone that always pointed to North. ❋ Unknown (2011)

These elves had already bred a magical race of flying reindeer, and they assisted Santa in building his massive military-industrial complex at the Black Precipice (that is, the great lodestone mountain near the Pole, which causes compass arrows to point north) in order to bring his generosity to the children of the world through the delivery of toys to stockings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Called the Countess of Westmorland's lodestone, it is a huge natural magnet. ❋ Paul Levy (2011)

In many ways, the current conservative debate is rooted in a seminal essay Jeane Kirkpatrick wrote for Commentary magazine in 1979, which became a lodestone for Ronald Reagan's foreign policy. ❋ Gerald F. Seib (2011)

"[Wow], that [baby] is like a lodestone!" ❋ RoboBear (2011)

[The otter] lodestoned [a kid] watching him at [the zoo]. ❋ Fire Wyvren (2011)

"Hey aren't you half an hour early for this [lecture]? And don't you usually go to the morning lecture so that you don't have to endure an awkward 5 hour break?" "I missed the early lecture last week and [totes] fell in lust with this gorgeous lecture lodestone!" "OMG! You are totally lecture [lusting]!" ❋ RoboBear (2011)

that [midget] is a lodestone lindworm ❋ Madrobo (2021)

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