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bedstones

bedstones is the plural of bedstone.

Meaning of bedstone

Noun

bedstone (plural bedstones)

  1. A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
    • After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.1941 February, “Bridge demolition by lifting”, in Railway Magazine, pages 74–75

Questions about bedstones

What is bedstones the plural of?
Bedstones is the plural of bedstone.

Words near bedstones in the dictionary

  1. bedsteadles
  2. bedsteads
  3. bedstock
  4. bedstocks
  5. bedstone
  6. bedstones
  7. bedstraw
  8. bedstraws
  9. bedsurfer
  10. bedsurfers
  11. bedswerver

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