noun
- a soft variety of steatite or soapstone that can be carved into cooking pots and other vessels
Usage: geological; historical
Examples
- Native Americans carved bowls and cooking vessels from potstone.
- The soft potstone was ideal for making heat-resistant containers.
- Archaeological sites often contain fragments of potstone pottery.
- Potstone deposits were valuable resources for ancient civilizations.
- The quarry produced high-quality potstone for carving.
- Artisans shaped the potstone into functional cooking pots.