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COPESTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copestone mean? 

COPESTONE (noun)
  The noun COPESTONE has 2 senses:

1. a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culminationplay

2. a stone that forms the top of wall or buildingplay

  Familiarity information: COPESTONE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPESTONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

capstone; copestone; finishing touch

Hypernyms ("copestone" is a kind of...):

touch (deftness in handling matters)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A stone that forms the top of wall or building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

capstone; copestone; coping stone; stretcher

Hypernyms ("copestone" is a kind of...):

stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)

Holonyms ("copestone" is a part of...):

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)


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