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whinstones

whinstones is the plural of whinstone.

Meaning of whinstone

Noun

whinstone (usually uncountable, plural whinstones)

  1. (usually) A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle.
  2. (usually, quarrying industry) Any hard dark-coloured rock.
    • ‘A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?‘ ‘Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.’1847, Emily Brontë, chapter IV, in Wuthering Heights
    Synonyms:
    whin

Questions about whinstones

What is whinstones the plural of?
Whinstones is the plural of whinstone.

Words near whinstones in the dictionary

  1. whinnyingly
  2. whinnyings
  3. whins
  4. WHINSEC
  5. whinstone
  6. whinstones
  7. whiny
  8. whiny-ass titty babies
  9. whiny-ass titty baby
  10. whinyard
  11. whinyards

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