"whitestone" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: white + stone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|stone}} white + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} whitestone (uncountable)
  1. A light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-whitestone-en-noun-okB5C3tF
  2. Granulite. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-whitestone-en-noun-5qQTCCKT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 85 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: donkey stone

Verb

Forms: whitestones [present, singular, third-person], whitestoning [participle, present], whitestoned [participle, past], whitestoned [past]
Etymology: white + stone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|stone}} white + stone Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-whitestone-en-verb-EWl~n9UL

Inflected forms

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