Associations to the word «Loadstone»

Wiktionary

LOADSTONE, noun. Alternative form of lodestone

Dictionary definition

LOADSTONE, noun. A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats