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grindstone Definition

grind·stone (grīndstōn′)

noun

  1. Now Rare a millstone
  2. a revolving stone disk for sharpening bladed tools or shaping and polishing things

grindstone Idioms

keep one's nose to the grindstone

or have one's nose to the grindstone or put one's nose to the grindstone

to work hard and steadily

grindstone Synonyms

grindstone

n.

grindstone Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • turn: The smith agreed to do it provided the man turn the grindstone himself.
  • use: I say this because he often arrived at the shed and asked for steam on the lineshaft to use the wet grindstone.
  • make: One of the excavated areas contains grindstones made of red granite and black basalt.

Modifies a noun

fragment: Pseudomorphic vegetal voids: associated with grindstone fragment or exterior eroding wall faces?

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