whitestone

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English

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Etymology

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white +‎ stone

Noun

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whitestone (uncountable)

  1. A light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing.
  2. Granulite.

See also

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Verb

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whitestone (third-person singular simple present whitestones, present participle whitestoning, simple past and past participle whitestoned)

  1. (transitive) To scrub with a stone of this kind.
    to whitestone the front steps

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