dripstone

English

Etymology

From drip +‎ stone.

Noun

dripstone (plural dripstones)

1. (architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.

   Synonyms: hoodmold, headmold, throating, drip, watershoot

2. A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
3. (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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• redpoints