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PHILOSOPHERS' STONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Synonyms:
elixir; philosopher's stone; philosophers' stone
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Hypernyms ("philosophers' stone" is a kind of...):
substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)