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Webster 1913 Edition
Freestone
Free′stoneˊ
,Noun.
A stone composed of sand or grit; – so called because it is easily cut or wrought.
Free′stoneˊ
,Adj.
Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.
Webster 1828 Edition
Freestone
FREE'STONE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
freestone
freestone
See also: free-stone
English
Noun
freestone (plural freestones)
- 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh.
Coordinate terms
- (stone fruit): clingstone