1. (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

• rottenstone

2. (noun) the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC

• capital of libya
• tarabulus al-gharb

3. (noun) a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

• tarabulus
• tarabulus ash-sham
• trablous

1. (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

• limestone