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polissoir

polissoir noun: a groove found carved into rock, once used to polish stone axes.

Noun

polissoir (plural polissoirs)

  1. A groove found carved into rock, once used to polish stone axes.
  2. An implement or instrument for polishing or grinding.
  3. A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.

Forms of polissoir

pluralpolissoirs

Origin of polissoir

Borrowed from French polissoir.

Questions about polissoir

What does polissoir mean?
Polissoir means a groove found carved into rock, once used to polish stone axes.
What part of speech is polissoir?
Polissoir is a noun.
What is the plural of polissoir?
The plural of polissoir is polissoirs.

Words near polissoir in the dictionary

  1. polisht
  2. polishure
  3. polisman
  4. polismen
  5. polisomy
  6. polissoir
  7. polissoirs
  8. polisson
  9. Polister
  10. polistine
  11. polistines

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