Whetstone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hard, fine-grained stone for honing tools. Also called snakestone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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 benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction. Whetstones are made of various kinds of stone, the finer kinds being, a silicious slate, and when used are moistened with oil or water.
  • n. Figuratively, that which sharpens, stimulates, or incites the faculties or appetites.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stone   
    Cross Reference
    to give    grind    hone    grindstone   
    Hyponym
    hone    oilstone   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rubstone    burr    hone    oilstone   
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