puddingstone

English
Puddingstone.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pudding +‎ stone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊdɪŋˌstəʊn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

puddingstone (usually uncountable, plural puddingstones)

  1. A conglomerate stone consisting of pebbles surrounded by cement.
    • 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 25:
      It looks like a sort of puddingstone [translating Totliegende], but it must be older, primary or even porphyritic.
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