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ravenstones

ravenstones is the plural of ravenstone.

Meaning of ravenstone

Noun

ravenstone (plural ravenstones)

  1. (historical) A place of execution; gallows
    • [...] — The raven sits / On the raven-stone, And his black wing flits / O'er the milk-white bone; [...]1841, George Noël Gordon Baron Byron, The Works of Lord Byron
  2. (UK, dialectal) A gravestone

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Questions about ravenstones

What is ravenstones the plural of?
Ravenstones is the plural of ravenstone.

Words near ravenstones in the dictionary

  1. Ravensthorpe radishes
  2. Ravenstine
  3. ravenstone
  4. Ravenstone with Snibston
  5. Ravenstonedale
  6. ravenstones
  7. Ravenstruther
  8. Ravenswood
  9. Ravenswood South
  10. Ravensworth
  11. raver

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