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GRITSTONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gritstone mean?
• GRITSTONE (noun)
The noun GRITSTONE has 1 sense:
1. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
Familiarity information: GRITSTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("gritstone" is a kind of...):
sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))
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