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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 sandstoneplay

  Familiarity information: GRITSTONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRITSTONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

grit; gritrock; gritstone

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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