Explore Ironstone through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ironstone meaning
- Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware
Using Ironstone
- The main meaning on this page is: Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay. | A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware
- In the example corpus, ironstone often appears in combinations such as: banded ironstone, ironstone formations.
Context around Ironstone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ironstone
- In this selection, "ironstone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, banded, commonly, formations, walls and dark stand out and add context to how "ironstone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as the ironstone plateau jabal and asbestos in ironstone formations both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ironstone" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ironstone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The theatre makes the most of its intimate space and mixes old elements like its ironstone walls with a new rectangular roof and balcony. (24 words)
Origins An ashtray carved out of a soft form of banded ironstone from the 3.5 billion year old Barbeton Supergroup in South Africa. (24 words)
It is unclear whether these banded ironstone formations were seasonal, followed some feedback oscillation in the ocean's complex system or followed some other cycle. (25 words)
An opal doublet consists of a relatively thin layer of precious opal, backed by a layer of dark-colored material, most commonly ironstone, dark or black common opal (potch), onyx, or obsidian. (32 words)
The land rising to the south and west of the southern clay plain is referred to as the Ironstone Plateau (Jabal Hadid), a name derived from its laterite soils and increasing elevation. (32 words)
It is unclear whether these banded ironstone formations were seasonal, followed some feedback oscillation in the ocean's complex system or followed some other cycle. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
The theatre makes the most of its intimate space and mixes old elements like its ironstone walls with a new rectangular roof and balcony.
An opal doublet consists of a relatively thin layer of precious opal, backed by a layer of dark-colored material, most commonly ironstone, dark or black common opal (potch), onyx, or obsidian.
It is unclear whether these banded ironstone formations were seasonal, followed some feedback oscillation in the ocean's complex system or followed some other cycle.
Origins An ashtray carved out of a soft form of banded ironstone from the 3.5 billion year old Barbeton Supergroup in South Africa.
The first two are blue fibrous minerals, with glaucophane occurring in blueschists and crocidolite (blue asbestos) in ironstone formations, both resulting from dynamo-metamorphic processes.
The land rising to the south and west of the southern clay plain is referred to as the Ironstone Plateau (Jabal Hadid), a name derived from its laterite soils and increasing elevation.
Common combinations with ironstone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: