grindstone

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstəʊn/
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• General-American: /ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstoʊn/
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• obsolete: /ˈɡɹɪnˌstoʊn/
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• rhymes with -aɪndstəʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: G R AY1 N D S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English grind-ston, grindistan, (also as grindel-ston), equivalent to grind + stone. Cognate with Scots grindstane.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: qostër — wheel for grinding
• Arabic: مِجْلَخَة (mijlaḵa) — wheel for grinding
• Arabic: جَلَّاخَة (jallāḵa) — wheel for grinding
• Arabic: مِسَنّ (misann) — wheel for grinding
• Bulgarian: точило (točilo) — wheel for grinding
• Bulgarian: точилен камък (točilen kamǎk) — wheel for grinding
• Catalan: mola — wheel for grinding
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨石 (móshí) — wheel for grinding
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨子 (mòzi) — wheel for grinding
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨 (mò) — wheel for grinding
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨刀石 (módāoshí) — wheel for grinding
• Chinese Mandarin: 石磨 (shímò) — wheel for grinding
• Czech: brusný kámen — wheel for grinding
• Dutch: slijpsteen — wheel for grinding
• Egyptian: b-n:nw-w*t-O39:Z2 (bnwt) — wheel for grinding
• Finnish: tahko — wheel for grinding
• French: meule — wheel for grinding
• Galician: moa — wheel for grinding
• German: Schleifstein — wheel for grinding
• Hebrew: אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת (éven mašḵézeṯ) — wheel for grinding
• Hindi: शाण (śāṇ) — wheel for grinding
• Hungarian: köszörűkő — wheel for grinding
• Ingrian: tahko — wheel for grinding
• Ingrian: pöörä — wheel for grinding
• Italian: mola — wheel for grinding
• Japanese: 砥石 (toishi) — wheel for grinding
• Japanese: 磨石 (togiishi) — wheel for grinding
• Korean: 숫돌 (sutdol) — wheel for grinding
• Latin: mola — wheel for grinding
• Macedonian: точило (točilo) — wheel for grinding
• Macedonian: брус (brus) — wheel for grinding
• Māori: hōanga — wheel for grinding
• Middle English: grind-ston — wheel for grinding
• Middle English: grindistan — wheel for grinding
• Middle English: grindel-ston — wheel for grinding
• Central Sierra Miwok: páṭ·a- — wheel for grinding
• Navajo: tsé bee akʼaashí — wheel for grinding
• Norwegian: slipestein — wheel for grinding
• Plautdietsch: Schliepsteen (nds) — wheel for grinding
• Polish: ostrzarka — wheel for grinding
• Portuguese: rebolo — wheel for grinding
• Portuguese: mó — wheel for grinding
• Russian: точи́льный ка́мень (točílʹnyj kámenʹ) — wheel for grinding
• Russian: точи́ло (točílo) — wheel for grinding
• Russian: брус (brus) — wheel for grinding
• Russian: осело́к (oselók) — wheel for grinding
• Sanskrit: शाण (śāṇa) — wheel for grinding
• Sanskrit: शाणा (śāṇā) — wheel for grinding
• Serbo-Croatian: жрвањ — wheel for grinding
• Serbo-Croatian: брус — wheel for grinding
• Serbo-Croatian: точило — wheel for grinding
• Serbo-Croatian: žrvanj — wheel for grinding
• Serbo-Croatian: brus — wheel for grinding
• Serbo-Croatian: točilo — wheel for grinding
• Lower Sorbian: brus — wheel for grinding
• Spanish: muela — wheel for grinding
• Spanish: afiladora — wheel for grinding
• Spanish: esmoladera — wheel for grinding
• Swedish: slipsten — wheel for grinding
• Tagalog: kamanga — wheel for grinding
• Telugu: రుబ్బురాయి (rubburāyi) — wheel for grinding
• Ternate: nyonyifi — wheel for grinding
• Tidore: nyonyifi — wheel for grinding
• Turkish: küstere — wheel for grinding
• Turkish: köstere — wheel for grinding
• Ottoman Turkish: كوستره (küstere) — wheel for grinding
• Ottoman Turkish: كستره (küstere) — wheel for grinding
• Unami: kinhikàn — wheel for grinding
• Vietnamese: đá mài — wheel for grinding