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holy-stone

holy-stone is the alternative form of holystone.

Meaning of holystone

Noun

holystone (plural holystones)

  1. A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
    Synonyms:
    bible
  2. A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.

See all 3 meanings of holystone

Forms of holy-stone

pluralholy-stones

Questions about holy-stone

What is holy-stone the alternative form of?
Holy-stone is the alternative form of holystone.

Words near holy-stone in the dictionary

  1. Holy Willies
  2. holy writ
  3. Holy Writs
  4. holy year
  5. holy years
  6. holy-stone
  7. holy-water sprinkle
  8. holy-water sprinkles
  9. Holybourne
  10. Holybrook
  11. Holycaust

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holy-stone (page history and authors); holystone (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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