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grinstone

grinstone is the obsolete form of grindstone.

Meaning of grindstone

Noun

grindstone (plural grindstones)

  1. An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.
    Synonyms:
    millstone
  2. Synonym of starry flounder.
    Synonyms:
    starry flounder

Forms of grinstone

pluralgrinstones

Questions about grinstone

What is grinstone the obsolete form of?
Grinstone is the obsolete form of grindstone.

Words near grinstone in the dictionary

  1. grinsome
  2. Grinspan syndrome
  3. Grinspan's syndrome
  4. Grinstead
  5. Grinsteads
  6. grinstone
  7. grinstones
  8. Grint
  9. Grinton
  10. Grints
  11. grinworthy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grinstone (page history and authors); grindstone (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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