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WHETSTONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("whetstone" is a kind of...):
stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whetstone"):
hone (a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors)
oilstone (a whetstone for use with oil)
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