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Portland_stone
Portland stone
English
Noun
Portland
stone
(
uncountable
)
A
limestone
from the
Tithonian
stage of the
Jurassic
period,
quarried
on the Isle of Portland,
Dorset
, and used extensively for
building
in the
British Isles
.
St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace were built with
Portland stone
.
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