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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 culmination
2. a stone that forms the top of wall or building
Familiarity information: COPESTONE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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