grindstone

English

Etymology

From Middle English grind-ston, grindistan, (also as grindel-ston), equivalent to grind +‎ stone. Cognate with Scots grindstane.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstoʊn/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪnˌstoʊn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

grindstone (plural grindstones)

1. An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.

   Synonym: millstone

2. Synonym of starry flounder

Derived terms

• nose to the grindstone

Translations

wheel for grinding

• Albanian: qostër (sq) f
• Arabic: مِجْلَخَة f (mijlaḵa), جَلَّاخَة f (jallāḵa), مِسَنّ m (misann)
• Bulgarian: точило (bg) n (točilo), точилен камък m (točilen kamǎk)
• Catalan: mola (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磨石 (zh) (móshí), 磨子 (zh) (mòzi), 磨 (zh) (mò), 磨刀石 (zh) (módāoshí), 石磨 (zh) (shímò)

• Czech: brusný kámen m
• Dutch: slijpsteen (nl) m
• Egyptian: (bnwt f)
• Finnish: tahko (fi)
• French: meule (fr) f
• Galician: moa (gl) f
• German: Schleifstein (de) m
• Hebrew: אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת (he) (éven mašḵézeṯ)
• Hindi: शाण (hi) m (śāṇ)
• Hungarian: köszörűkő (hu)
• Ingrian: tahko, pöörä
• Italian: mola (it) f
• Japanese: 砥石 (ja) (といし, toishi), 磨石 (とぎいし, togiishi)
• Korean: 숫돌 (sutdol)
• Latin: mola f
• Macedonian: точило n (točilo), брус m (brus)
• Maori: hōanga
• Middle English: grind-ston, grindistan, grindel-ston
• Norwegian: slipestein m
• Plautdietsch: Schliepsteen (nds) m
• Portuguese: rebolo (pt) m, mó (pt) f
• Russian: точи́льный ка́мень m (točílʹnyj kámenʹ), точи́ло (ru) n (točílo), брус (ru) m (brus), осело́к (ru) m (oselók)
• Sanskrit: शाण (sa) m (śāṇa), शाणा f (śāṇā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жрвањ m, брус m, точило n

  Roman: žrvanj (sh) m, brus (sh) m, točilo (sh) n

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: brus m

• Spanish: muela (es) f, afiladora (es) f, esmoladera f
• Swedish: slipsten (sv) c
• Tagalog: kamanga
• Telugu: రుబ్బురాయి (te) (rubburāyi)
• Ternate: nyonyifi
• Tidore: nyonyifi
• Turkish:

  Modern Turkish: küstere (tr), köstere (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: كوستره (küstere), كستره (küstere)

• Vietnamese: đá mài (vi)

See also

• millstone

Anagrams

• Edringtons, Redingtons, stringendo