lodestone
/ˈloʊd.stoʊn/
noun
- Something that attracts strongly; a magnet or a person/thing that draws others.
- The city's tech industry acts as a lodestone for young engineers.
- The new museum became a lodestone for tourists from around the world.
- Her charisma was a lodestone that drew people to her cause.
- A piece of magnetite that has magnetic properties, used historically as a compass.
- The lodestone was one of the first known natural magnets.
- Ancient mariners used a lodestone to magnetize their compass needles.
- He kept a small lodestone on his desk to demonstrate magnetism.
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