Soapstone

What do we mean by soapstone?

A soft metamorphic rock composed mostly of the mineral talc. noun

A variety of steatite (see talc); specifically, a piece of such stone used when heated for a griddle, a foot-warmer, or other like purpose. noun

See steatite, and talc. noun

A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite noun

A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments noun

A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite

According to the Mohs scale, talc, also known as soapstone, is the softest mineral. It is second in total softness only to the softest thing on earth, Jeremy Scott Dinkin. Much like its counterpart, Jeremy, it is composed of a stack of weakly connected sheets that tend to slip apart under pressure. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to soapstone:
soapstone, capstone, loadstone, toadstone, stepstone, starstone, lapstone, topstone, hoarstone, slipstone, slabstone, boatstone.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word soapstone:
steatite, dunite, talc, schist, carve, alabaster, quarries, inuit, metamorphic, serpentine, carving, baptismal, altarpiece, wares, quarried, quarry, pulpit, mined, archaic, carver, enclosure, archeological, marble, font, carved, procurement, chalk, sandstone, pipes, bowls, zimbabwe, prehistoric, ivory, granite, masonry, seals, harder, pottery, abundance, prairie, clay, limestone, cooking, shrine, sculpture, drawings, artifacts, minerals, prints, altar, shapes, sculptor, soft, archaeological, temple, deposits, bone, monument, tobacco, stone, vessels, bowl, bird, peoples, northeastern, ridge, material, architectural, objects, figures, birds, dating, alaska, copper, heads, dated, sites, statue, mines, mining, wooden, easily, wood, iron, oldest, norway, characteristics, blocks, electrical, medieval, collected, gallery, glass, walls, found, culture, items, trail, platform, dam.

Words that rhyme with soapstone:
copestone, soap stone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe soapstone:
powdered, soft, green, hot, white, gray, grey, black, red, blue, local, greenish, dark, fine, brazilian, polished, yellow, warm, compact, pale, massive, much, true, pulverized, chinese, native, called, grained, light, ordinary, colored, hard, mine, pink, heated, varicolored, prussian, leprous, brown, glossy, norwegian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective soapstone:
quarries.

Consonant match to soapstone:
soap stone.

Words that sound like soapstone:
soapstone, stepstone, copestone, sustain, sistine, cysteine, cystine, saperstein, sistan, seston, capstone, pipestone, cap stone, system, substance, septum, sandstone, spittoon, spitoon, systeme, sisto, soton, sabaton, septem, sibson, substant, sunstone, spotten, spot-on, saputo, sesto, spaten, susto, septo, soup spoon, sun stone, sepia tone, septime, spot on, soap scum, epstein, histone, capstan, chepstow, the stone, satan, satin, sapien, sampson, cistern, saipan, saison, sestina, seton, sassoon, septa, seaton, saxton, sateen, sasson, sapin, cpt, set in, seitan, cicerone, sat on, csun, sabato, cesta, sasin, sauteing, seatown, seisin, septi, sapota, setton, sasan, c-town, sea pen, seussian, sasta, sappington, cetin, cpn, sea bottom, set on, sapan, ccn, sesta, sestos, c town, seiten, sepon, seten, cpan, sestine, cistron, cyton, cista, sextain.