lodestone.

1. A naturally magnetized piece of magnetite.

2. Something that strongly attracts attention, people, or devotion.

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Words that belong together

• magnetic lodestone
• piece of lodestone

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The display contained a small lodestone.

The lodestone attracted the iron pin.

The scholar explained the lodestone’s role in early navigation.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular lodestone; plural lodestones. Variant loadstone. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.