dripstone

English

Dripstone (water filter)

Etymology

drip +‎ stone

Noun

dripstone (plural dripstones)

(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
Synonyms: hoodmold, headmold, throating, drip, watershoot
A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.

Translations

protective moulding

Bulgarian: корниз (bg) m (korniz), навес (bg) m (naves)
Finnish: tippukivi (fi)
Italian: gocciolatoio (it) m
Romanian: lăcrimar (ro) n, picurar (ro) n

stalactites and stalagmites collectively

Bulgarian: сталактон m (stalakton)
Czech: krápník m
Faroese: dropasteinur m
Finnish: tippukivi (fi)
German: Tropfstein (de) m
Hungarian: cseppkő (hu)
Persian: کلفخشنگ (kalafaxšang)
Swedish: droppsten (sv) c

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