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copestone

copestone noun: capstone.

Noun

copestone (plural copestones)

  1. capstone
    • The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 10
    • For small erections may be finished by their first architects ; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 159

Forms of copestone

pluralcopestones

Questions about copestone

What does copestone mean?
Copestone means capstone.
What part of speech is copestone?
Copestone is a noun.
What is the plural of copestone?
The plural of copestone is copestones.

Words near copestone in the dictionary

  1. copesmate
  2. copesmates
  3. copest
  4. Copestake
  5. Copestakes
  6. copestone
  7. copestones
  8. copeth
  9. copetitioner
  10. copetitioners
  11. Copeton

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