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Whetstone - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun whetstone

is a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.

As a proper noun Whetstone

is a location in Barnet, London, England.

whetstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 88-89
  • It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone , which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.
  • (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.
  • See also

    * grind, grindstone * hone

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.