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guidestone

guidestone noun: a traditional stone marker providing directions for travellers.

Noun

guidestone (plural guidestones)

  1. A traditional stone marker providing directions for travellers.
    • Arrived at Wellington's Monument, the way levels over Eaglestone Flat and passes a guidestone […] that is unusual in being inscribed on one face only: Chesterfeild Roade.1980, Arthur Edward Dodd, Evelyn Mary Dodd, Peakland Roads and Trackways, page 108
  2. (figuratively) Something serving as a guide.
    • Now, as a guidestone for modernization of the classical theory of meromorphic functions, a new revolution was born with discovery of two main theorems by R. Nevanlinna in 1925.1994, Mathematica Japonicae, volume 40, page 18

guidestone meaning in Tamil

guidestone in Tamil

வழியமைத் தூண்

Forms of guidestone

pluralguidestones

Origin of guidestone

From guide + stone.

Questions about guidestone

What does guidestone mean?
Guidestone means a traditional stone marker providing directions for travellers.
What is guidestone in Tamil?
Guidestone in Tamil is வழியமைத் தூண். See Guidestone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is guidestone?
Guidestone is a noun.
What is the plural of guidestone?
The plural of guidestone is guidestones.

Words near guidestone in the dictionary

  1. guides on the side
  2. guideship
  3. guidesman
  4. guidesmen
  5. guidest
  6. guidestone
  7. guidestones
  8. guideth
  9. guidette
  10. guidettes
  11. guideway

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