Definition of bluestone
: a building stone of bluish-gray color
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These open roughly 20 feet wide to the bluestone patio outside.
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Looking spiffy The sandstone and bluestone facades of the Allen's beautiful building, a neo-Renaissance palazzo designed by Cass Gilbert, were crumbling by the end of the Starr years.
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Each tent has locally quarried bluestone at the entrance, like a little front porch.
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The living room, now open to the dining room, sports its original Kentucky bluestone fireplace mantel.
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After all, the small army of Stone Age Britons who built the massive bluestone circle faced a monumental task—literally.
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At a quick glance, the floors on the terrace and balconies look like today's popular bluestone.
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In the 1800s, its surrounding bluestone rock was used to create many of N.Y.C.’s sidewalks, and its farms and dairies now supply many of the city’s best restaurants with organic vegetables and cheeses.
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The pair are still working to complete a design studio on the second floor of the barn, a bluestone walkway under the breezeway, and landscaping for the yard, which already has a basketball court.
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First Known Use of bluestone
1709
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