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noun
The small stones and gravel on the edge of a body of water; also applied to stones in a riverbed which might be submerged or exposed and dry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: shingle
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English *stanere, from Old English stǣner (“stony ground”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *stainiʀu (“stones, pebbles”).
