puddingstone

English
Puddingstone.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pudding +‎ stone.

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

Noun

puddingstone (usually uncountable, plural puddingstones)

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