airstone

noun

Etymology

From air + stone.

  1. derived from *steyh₂- — “to stiffen
  2. inherited from *stainaz — “stone
  3. inherited from *stain
  4. inherited from stān
  5. inherited from ston
  6. compounded as airstone — “air + stone

Definitions

  1. A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is…

    A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for airstone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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