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Webster 1913 Edition


Freestone

Free′stoneˊ

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Noun.
A stone composed of sand or grit; – so called because it is easily cut or wrought.

Free′stoneˊ

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Adj.
Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.

Webster 1828 Edition


Freestone

FREE'STONE

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Noun.
Any species of stone composed of sand or grit, so called because it is easily cut or wrought.

Definition 2024


freestone

freestone

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English

Noun

freestone (plural freestones)

  1. A type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, such as sandstone or limestone.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      Mr Allworthy [] died immensely rich and built an hospital [] but had he done nothing more I should have left him to have recorded his own merit on some fair freestone over the door of that hospital.
  2. A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh.

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