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off stone

off stone adjective: a newspaper's edition is ready to start printing.

Adjective

off stone (not comparable)

  1. A newspaper's edition is ready to start printing.
    • Sunday's first edition is off stone early on Saturday evening.

Origin of off stone

From the time when type was set manually on a stone slab. When the stone was finally cleared, the print run could begin.

Questions about off stone

What does off stone mean?
Off stone means a newspaper's edition is ready to start printing.
What part of speech is off stone?
Off stone is an adjective.

Words near off stone in the dictionary

  1. off someone's hands
  2. off spin
  3. off spinner
  4. off spinners
  5. off stage
  6. off stone
  7. off stump
  8. off stumps
  9. off sync
  10. off tap
  11. off target

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