Meanings
plural flagstones
- A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
Grass sprouted between the pebbles and a greenish stain lay upon the flagstones.
1891, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Blue Pavilions1 more example
In 1946, several of the heavy flagstones, which form the decking of the viaduct, were replaced or reseated, and manholes were provided in the decking, to facilitate access to the inner walls.
1949 May and June, “Notes and News: First Repairs in a Century”, in Railway Magazine, page 202 - One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بَلَاط
- بَلَاط (balāṭ)rectangular paving or roofing stone
Catalan llosa
- llosarectangular paving or roofing stone
Chinese Mandarin 石板
- 石板 (shíbǎn)rectangular paving or roofing stone
Czech dlažební kámen, kamenná dlaždice
- dlažební kámenrectangular paving or roofing stone
- kamenná dlaždicerectangular paving or roofing stone
Finnish laatta, kivilaatta
- laattarectangular paving or roofing stone
- kivilaattarectangular paving or roofing stone
- liuskekind of rock
French dalle, lauze
- dallerectangular paving or roofing stone
- lauzerectangular paving or roofing stone
- dallekind of rock
German Fliese, Platte
- Flieserectangular paving or roofing stone
- Platterectangular paving or roofing stone
- Gehwegplatterectangular paving or roofing stone
- Steinplatterectangular paving or roofing stone
- Bodenflieserectangular paving or roofing stone
- Dachplatterectangular paving or roofing stone
- Bodenplatterectangular paving or roofing stone
Greek πλάκα
- πλάκα (pláka)rectangular paving or roofing stone
Hungarian térkő, kőlap
- térkőrectangular paving or roofing stone
- kőlaprectangular paving or roofing stone
- járdalaprectangular paving or roofing stone
- járdakőrectangular paving or roofing stone
Irish leac
- leacrectangular paving or roofing stone
Italian lastra, tegola
- lastrarectangular paving or roofing stone
- tegolarectangular paving or roofing stone
Japanese 敷石, 組石
- 敷石 (shikiishi)rectangular paving or roofing stone
- 組石 (kumiishi)kind of rock
Polish kamień brukowy
- kamień brukowyrectangular paving or roofing stone
Portuguese laje, lousa
- lajerectangular paving or roofing stone
- lousarectangular paving or roofing stone
Russian плита́, плитня́к
- плита́ (plitá)rectangular paving or roofing stone
- плитня́к (plitnják)kind of rock
Spanish adoquín, laja
- adoquínrectangular paving or roofing stone
- lajarectangular paving or roofing stone
- pizarrakind of rock
Welsh carreg lorio, llorlech
- carreg loriorectangular paving or roofing stone
- llorlechrectangular paving or roofing stone
- fflagrectangular paving or roofing stone
Cite this entry
flagstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flagstone
“flagstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flagstone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flagstone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flagstone.
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