What does the word whetstone mean?

    Part of speech: noun

  • WHETTER.

  • Part of speech: noun

  • A fine - grained stone for whetting edged tools.

Usage examples for whetstone

  1. It rained a little during the forenoon, and, as we expected a wetting, we stopped early and dined just above Whetstone Falls, about a dozen miles below Hunt's. – Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
  2. Tad sat at the table, working expertly with a whetstone as he put a razor edge back on his knife. – The Lost Wagon by James Arthur Kjelgaard
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