Freestone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
  • n. A fruit, especially a peach, that has a stone that does not adhere to the pulp. See Regional Note at andiron.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, such as sandstone or limestone.
  • n. A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.
  • adj. Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any species of stone composed of sand or grit, as the brownstone or brown sandstone of the eastern United States, much used in building: so called because it is easily quarried.
  • n. A freestone peach: distinguished from clingstone. See II.
  • Having, as a fruit, a stone from which the flesh of the fruit separates readily and cleanly, as distinguished from the quality of having a stone to which the flesh clings or adheres firmly: as, a freestone peach.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit
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