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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pipestone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
pipe-stone
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Berrien County, Michigan, United States.

name

A city, the county seat of Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States.

name

A community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, within the rural municipality.

name

A rural municipality in Manitoba.

Etymology

From pipe + stone.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pipestones (plural)

Phrases

Pipestone County

Synonyms

catlinite

Questions

What does pipestone mean?
A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
Where does pipestone come from?
From pipe + stone.

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