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DRIPSTONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protective drip that is made of stone

Synonyms:

dripstone; hoodmold; hoodmould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

drip; drip mold; drip mould ((architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

calcium carbonate (a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone)

Holonyms ("dripstone" is a substance of...):

stalactite (a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave)

stalagmite (a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave)

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