whitestone

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noun

A light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing.

“to whitestone the front steps”

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Meanings

whitestone1

nounwhitestone (countable and uncountable, plural whitestones)

plural whitestones

  1. countableuncountableA light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing.
  2. countableuncountableGranulite.
verbwhitestone (third-person singular simple present whitestones, present participle whitestoning, simple past and past participle whitestoned)

present singular third person whitestones · participle present whitestoning · participle past whitestoned · past whitestoned

  1. transitiveTo scrub with a stone of this kind.

    to whitestone the front steps

Whitestone2

proper noun
  1. A place name:
    1. A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, west of Exeter (OS grid ref SX8693).
    2. A suburb in south-east Nuneaton, Nuneaton and Bedworth district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3889).
    3. A municipality and community in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
    4. A census-designated place in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States.
    5. A neighbourhood in northern Queens, New York City, United States.
  2. A surname.

Origin

From white + stone.

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APA

whitestone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitestone

MLA

“whitestone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitestone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitestone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitestone.

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