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quernstone

quernstone noun: either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.

Noun

quernstone (plural quernstones)

  1. Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.

Forms of quernstone

pluralquernstones
alternative formquern-stone

Origin of quernstone

From quern + stone. From Middle English querneston, whernston, from Old English cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.

Questions about quernstone

What does quernstone mean?
Quernstone means either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
What part of speech is quernstone?
Quernstone is a noun.
What is the plural of quernstone?
The plural of quernstone is quernstones.

Words near quernstone in the dictionary

  1. quermassintegrals
  2. quern
  3. querned
  4. querning
  5. querns
  6. quernstone
  7. quernstones
  8. quero
  9. queros
  10. querpo
  11. querquedule

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