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cherrystone

cherrystone is the ellipsis of cherrystone clam.

cherrystone is the alternative spelling of cherry stone.

Meaning of cherry stone

Noun

cherry stone (plural cherry stones)

  1. Synonym of cherry pit.
    Synonyms:
    cherry pit

Forms of cherrystone

pluralcherrystones

Origin of cherrystone

From cherry + stone. The name of the clam came from a fancied resemblance to a cherry's stone. The fancied resemblance is in shape, color, and sheen, not in size; the clams are several inches across.

Questions about cherrystone

What is cherrystone the ellipsis of?
Cherrystone is the ellipsis of cherrystone clam.

Words near cherrystone in the dictionary

  1. cherrypickers
  2. cherrypicking
  3. cherrypickings
  4. cherrypicks
  5. Cherrypool
  6. cherrystone
  7. cherrystones
  8. cherrytini
  9. cherrytinis
  10. cherrytop
  11. cherrytops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cherrystone (page history and authors); cherry stone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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