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grinding stone

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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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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