PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philosopher's stone mean? 

• PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (noun)
  The noun PHILOSOPHER'S STONE has 1 sense:

1. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

  Familiarity information: PHILOSOPHER'S STONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

elixir; philosopher's stone; philosophers' stone

Hypernyms ("philosopher's stone" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)