grindstone

English

Etymology

From Middle English grind-ston, grindistan, (also as grindel-ston), equivalent to grind +‎ stone. Cognate with Scots grindstane.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstəʊn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstoʊn/
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪnˌstoʊn/[1]
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

grindstone (plural grindstones)

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.
Synonym: millstone
Synonym of starry flounder

Derived terms

nose to the grindstone

Translations

wheel for grinding

Albanian: qostër (sq) f
Arabic: مِجْلَخَة f (mijlaḵa), جَلَّاخَة f (jallāḵa), مِسَنّ m (misann)
Bulgarian: точило (bg) n (točilo), точилен камък m (točilen kamǎk)
Catalan: mola (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 磨石 (zh) (móshí), 磨子 (zh) (mòzi), 磨 (zh) (mò), 磨刀石 (zh) (módāoshí), 石磨 (zh) (shímò)
Czech: brusný kámen m
Dutch: slijpsteen (nl) m
Egyptian:

(bnwt f)
Finnish: tahko (fi)
French: meule (fr) f
Galician: moa (gl) f
German: Schleifstein (de) m
Hebrew: אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת (he) (éven mašḵézeṯ)
Hindi: शाण (hi) m (śāṇ)
Hungarian: köszörűkő (hu)
Ingrian: tahko, pöörä
Italian: mola (it) f
Japanese: 砥石 (ja) (といし, toishi), 磨石 (とぎいし, togiishi)
Korean: 숫돌 (sutdol)
Latin: mola f
Macedonian: точило n (točilo), брус m (brus)
Maori: hōanga
Middle English: grind-ston, grindistan, grindel-ston
Norwegian: slipestein m
Plautdietsch: Schliepsteen (nds) m
Portuguese: rebolo (pt) m, mó (pt) f
Russian: точи́льный ка́мень m (točílʹnyj kámenʹ), точи́ло (ru) n (točílo), брус (ru) m (brus), осело́к (ru) m (oselók)
Sanskrit: शाण (sa) m (śāṇa), शाणा f (śāṇā)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жрвањ m, брус m, точило n

Roman: žrvanj (sh) m, brus (sh) m, točilo (sh) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: brus m
Spanish: muela (es) f, afiladora (es) f, esmoladera f
Swedish: slipsten (sv) c
Tagalog: kamanga
Telugu: రుబ్బురాయి (te) (rubburāyi)
Ternate: nyonyifi
Tidore: nyonyifi
Turkish:
Modern Turkish: küstere (tr), köstere (tr)

Ottoman Turkish: كوستره (küstere), كستره (küstere)
Vietnamese: đá mài (vi)

References

Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.35, page 123.

Anagrams

Edringtons, Redingtons, stringendo

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[1] Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.35, page 123.