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English
Etymology
From Middle English grind-ston, grindistan, (also as grindel-ston), equivalent to grind + stone. Cognate with Scots grindstane.
Pronunciation
Noun
grindstone (plural grindstones)
- An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.
- Synonym: millstone
- Synonym of starry flounder
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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)
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