MEARSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mearstone mean? 

• MEARSTONE (noun)
  The noun MEARSTONE has 1 sense:

1. an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEARSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mearstone; meerestone; merestone

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

landmark (a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land)