英语词汇“whetstone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	whetstone
释义	Trends of whetstone View usage for: whetstone (hwetstoʊn) Word forms: plural whetstones countable noun [usually singular] A whetstone is a stone which is used for sharpening knives or other tools that have a blade. whetstone in British English (ˈwɛtˌstəʊn) noun 1. a stone used for sharpening edged tools, knives, etc 2. something that sharpens whetstone in American English (ˈhwɛtˌstoʊn; ˈwɛtˌstoʊn) noun an abrasive stone for sharpening knives or other edged tools Word origin ME whetston < OE hwetstan < hwettan (see whet) + stan, stone Examples of 'whetstone' in a sentence whetstone That elbow must have been honed on a whetstone of pure spite because it didn't stop until it got to his spine. Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002) She had turned away from her mother to lash the butcher knife over the whetstone, though it had its edge, and she had said, `I am nice. McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (2002)
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