WHETSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whetstone mean? 

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

1. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHETSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whetstone"):

hone (a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors)

oilstone (a whetstone for use with oil)

 Context examples 

I borrowed a whetstone from Johansen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Alleyne, on the other hand, must trust for his defence to his quick eye and active foot—for his sword, though keen as a whetstone could make it, was of a light and graceful build with a narrow, sloping pommel and a tapering steel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)