Grindstone synonyms

grīnd'stōn'

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shovel (related)
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(Medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
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emery wheel
A wheel composed of emery or surfaced with emery, used in grinding, polishing, cutting, etc.
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wheel
(Informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
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abrasive (related)
Something that is used for grinding, polishing, etc., as sandpaper or emery
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chisel (related)
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pickaxe (related)
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Grindstone Sentence Examples

  • On mere inspection, their rudeness, their unsuitability for being hafted, and the absence of shaping and edging by the grindstone, mark their inferiority to the Neolithic implements.

  • We've all been keeping our noses too close to the grindstone.

  • Among the most dangerous of the last class (the pneumokonioses) is perhaps that in which the dust particles take the form of finely divided freestone, as in stone-dressing and the dry-polishing on the grindstone of steel.

  • The mineral wealth of Ohio consists largely of bituminous coal and petroleum, but the state also ranks high in the production of natural gas, sandstone, limestone, grindstone, lime and gypsum.

  • Nose to the grindstone.

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