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Webster 1913 Edition

Grindstone

Grind′stoneˊ

,

Noun.

A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.

They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to

hold their noses to the grindstone

.

Sir T. North.

Webster 1828 Edition

Grindstone

GRIND'STONE

,

Noun.

A sandstone used for grinding or sharpening tools.

Stone, used by old writers, is obsolete.

Definition 2024

grindstone

grindstone

English

Noun

grindstone ‎(plural grindstones)

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.

Synonyms

millstone

Translations

wheel for grinding

Arabic:
Bulgarian: точило (bg) n ‎(točilo), точилен камък m ‎(točilen kamǎk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 磨石 (zh) ‎(móshí), 磨子 (zh) ‎(mòzi), 磨 (zh) ‎(mò), 磨刀石 (zh) ‎(módāoshí), 石磨 (zh) ‎(shímò)
Finnish: tahko (fi)
French: meule (fr) f
German: Schleifstein (de) m
Hebrew: אבן משחזת (he)
Hindi:
Italian: mola (it) f
Japanese: 砥石 ‎(といし, toishi), 磨石 ‎(とぎいし, togiishi)
Korean: 숫돌 ‎(sutdol)
Latin: mola f

Macedonian: точило n ‎(tóčilo), брус m ‎(brus)
Norwegian: slipestein m
Portuguese: rebolo (pt) m
Russian: точи́льный ка́мень m ‎(točílʹnyj kámenʹ), точи́ло (ru) n ‎(točílo), брус (ru) m ‎(brus), осело́к (ru) m ‎(oselók)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: жрвањ m, брус m, точило n

Roman: žrvanj (sh) m, brus (sh) m, točilo (sh) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: brus m
Spanish: muela (es) f
Swedish: slipsten (sv) c
Telugu: రుబ్బురాయి (te) ‎(rubburāyi)
Vietnamese: