grinding stone
grinding stone noun: a stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals.
Noun
grinding stone (plural grinding stones)
- A stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals.
- Circular dwellings, grinding stones, stone tools—its village relics date back an astonishing 12,000 years, deep into our nomadic Stone Age.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
grinding stone meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Assamese
grinding stone in Tamil
- சாணைக்கல்
grinding stone in Bengali
- grinding stone
- শিল śil, হিল hil
grinding stone in Kannada
- ಒಡೆಗಲ್ಲು, ತೊಳಲಿಕಲ್, ತೊಳಲಿಕಲ್ಲು, ಸಣ್ಣಿಗೆ, ಗುಂಡುಕಲ್ಲು, ಗುಂಡುಗಲ್ಲು
grinding stone in Assamese
- tool
- পটা pota
Forms of grinding stone
| plural | grinding stones |
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Questions about grinding stone
- What does grinding stone mean?
- Grinding stone means a stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals.
- What is grinding stone in Tamil?
- Grinding stone in Tamil is சாணைக்கல். See Grinding stone meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is grinding stone?
- Grinding stone is a noun.
- What is the plural of grinding stone?
- The plural of grinding stone is grinding stones.
Words near grinding stone in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grinding stone (page history and authors); grinding stone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); শিল (Bengali) (page history and authors); grinding stone (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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