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drakestone

drakestone noun: a flat stone used in the game ducks and drakes, in which the stone is thrown across the surface of water so that it skims or skips several times before sinking.

Noun

drakestone (plural drakestones)

  1. A flat stone used in the game ducks and drakes, in which the stone is thrown across the surface of water so that it skims or skips several times before sinking.

Forms of drakestone

pluraldrakestones

Origin of drakestone

Compound of drake + stone.

Questions about drakestone

What does drakestone mean?
Drakestone means a flat stone used in the game ducks and drakes, in which the stone is thrown across the surface of water so that it skims or skips several times before sinking.
What part of speech is drakestone?
Drakestone is a noun.
What is the plural of drakestone?
The plural of drakestone is drakestones.

Words near drakestone in the dictionary

  1. drakes
  2. Drakes Broughton
  3. Drakes Broughton and Wadborough
  4. Drakes Island
  5. drakeskin
  6. drakestone
  7. drakestones
  8. drakestoning
  9. Drakewalls
  10. drakhma
  11. drakhmai

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