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Meaning of grinding stone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals.

Equivalents

Bosanski brus
Čeština brus
Deutsch Handmühle Mahlstein Reibstein
Hrvatski brus
Bahasa Indonesia pipisan
Kurdî brûs
Српски brus

Examples

“2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Circular dwellings, grinding stones, stone tools—its village relics date back an astonishing 12,000 years, deep into our nomadic Stone Age.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

grinding wheel Grindingly Grindings grindle grindle-stone Grindleford

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