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grindstone

Today it means: An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding. Full definition →

Middle English grind-ston

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Middle English · inherited fromgrind-ston
English todaygrindstone

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.