flagstonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflæɡ.stəʊn/us/ˈflæɡ.stoʊn/also mainly UK flaga large, flat piece of stone or concrete used for paths, floors, etc.
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- hardboard
- lacquer
- limestone
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- screed
- shingle
- siding
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Examples from literature
- A low passage gives access to a number of small chambers constructed of flagstones.
- Grass sprouted between the pebbles and a greenish stain lay upon the flagstones.
- He did not notice her, she had come so quietly and cautiously over the flagstones.
- He looked down at the chalk map drawn on the flagstones.
- The flagstones of the floor had been torn up, and a great hollow cavern had been dug below.