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grinding stones

grinding stones is the plural of grinding stone.

Meaning of grinding stone

Noun

grinding stone (plural grinding stones)

  1. 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

Questions about grinding stones

What is grinding stones the plural of?
Grinding stones is the plural of grinding stone.

Words near grinding stones in the dictionary

  1. grinding machine
  2. grinding machines
  3. grinding one's gears
  4. grinding out
  5. grinding stone
  6. grinding stones
  7. grinding the corn
  8. grinding up
  9. grinding wheel
  10. grinding wheels
  11. grindingly

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