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grinding stone

noun grinding stones

  1. A stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Circular dwellings, grinding stones, stone tools—its village relics date back an astonishing 12,000 years,

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noun tool

DeutschMahlstein, Reibstein, Handmühle

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@misc{grinding_stone_2026,
  title = {grinding stone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grinding%20stone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}