WHETSTONE

Pronunciation (US):

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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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