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dry stone

dry stone is the alternative form of dry-stone.

Meaning of dry-stone

Adjective

dry-stone (not comparable)

  1. (usually, building) Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar.
    • dry-stone wall

Questions about dry stone

What is dry stone the alternative form of?
Dry stone is the alternative form of dry-stone.

Words near dry stone in the dictionary

  1. dry spellers
  2. dry spells
  3. dry sprinkler
  4. dry sprinklers
  5. dry steering
  6. dry stone
  7. dry stone wall
  8. dry stone walls
  9. dry stove
  10. dry stoves
  11. dry sump

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