Atuqtuaq is an apprentice at soapstone carving.
Source: tatoeba (4942512)
Soapstone
//ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn//
Synonyms for "soapstone" (6 found)
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Related word relations
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Translations
36 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- стеатит noun (soft rock)
- талкохлорит noun (soft rock)
Catalan
1 entries- esteatita noun (soft rock)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 皂石 noun (soft rock)
Dutch
1 entries- speksteen noun (soft rock)
Finnish
2 entries- saippuakivi noun (soft rock)
- vuolukivi noun (soft rock)
French
1 entries- stéatite noun (soft rock)
German
1 entries- Speckstein noun (soft rock)
Greek
2 entries- σαπουνόπετρα noun (soft rock)
- στεατίτης noun (soft rock)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ukkusissaq noun (soft rock)
Hindi
1 entries- सिलखड़ी noun (soft rock)
Hungarian
1 entries- szappankő noun (soft rock)
Ingrian
1 entries- muilakivi noun (soft rock)
Italian
2 entries- pietra saponaria noun (soft rock)
- steatite noun (soft rock)
Korean
1 entries- 동석 noun (soft rock)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- самын таш noun (soft rock)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kleberstein noun (soft rock)
Persian
1 entries- استاتیت noun (soft rock)
Polish
1 entries- steatyt noun (soft rock)
Portuguese
1 entries- pedra-sabão noun (soft rock)
Russian
4 entries- жирови́к noun (soft rock)
- мы́льный ка́мень noun (soft rock)
- стеати́т noun (soft rock)
- та́льковый ка́мень noun (soft rock)
Slovene
1 entries- steatit noun (soft rock)
Spanish
2 entries- esteatita noun (soft rock)
- roca de jabón noun (soft rock)
Swedish
1 entries- täljsten noun (soft rock)
Turkish
1 entries- sabun taşı noun (soft rock)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жировик noun (soft rock)
- стеатит noun (soft rock)
Welsh
1 entries- sebonfaen noun (soft rock)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Atuqtuaq is excellent at soapstone carving.
Source: tatoeba (4942525)
In Vancouver, BC, I found and bought a black soapstone Inuit carving of an Inuit man, fat and reminiscent of Buddha. I gave it to my Japanese friend Noriko, who was sojourning on Lulu Island, BC. Ever since then, I could never find a similar sculpture in the art stores.
Source: tatoeba (10764201)
The bottom part of a soapstone carving of the mythical Zimbabwe Bird was handed to President Robert Mugabe in a ceremony broadcast live Wednesday on radio and television.
Source: tatoeba (11050765)
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