Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

freestone

Pronunciation: /ˈfriːstəʊn/

Definition of freestone

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] a fine-grained stone which can be cut easily in any direction, in particular a type of sandstone or limestone: the town hall built in the local freestone
  • 2a stone fruit in which the stone is easily separated from the flesh when the fruit is ripe: [as modifier]:freestone peachesContrasted with clingstone.

freestone in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of freestone in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈɒfɪŋ /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …