whetstone

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A location in Barnet, London, England
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A hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool
{n} a stone to sharpen edge tools
{i} sharpening stone
A whetstone is a stone which is used for sharpening knives or other tools that have a blade. a stone used to make the blade of cutting tools sharp
a hard fine-grained stone for sharpening edged tools
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools
a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
whetstones
plural of whetstone
whetstone

    Hyphenation

    whet·stone

    Turkish pronunciation

    hwetstōn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhwetˌstōn/ /ˈhwɛtˌstoʊn/

    Etymology

    [ 'hwet-"stOn, 'wet- ] (noun.) before 12th century. From whet (“to sharpen”) + stone
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