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grindstone
[ grahynd-stohn ]
noun
- a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- a millstone.
grindstone
/ ˈɡraɪndˌstəʊn /
noun
- a machine having a circular block of stone or composite abrasive rotated for sharpening tools or grinding metal
- the stone used in this machine
- any stone used for sharpening; whetstone
- another name for millstone
- keep one's nose to the grindstone or have one's nose to the grindstoneto work hard and perseveringly
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grindstone1
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Idioms and Phrases
- keep / put one's nose to the grindstone, to work, study, or practice hard and steadily or to cause someone to do so:
If I put my nose to the grindstone, I'll finish the job this week.
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Example Sentences
She was very glib with the sheep and the geese, but the grindstone made her head ache, and she gave it up.
Probably she had never heard of the grindstone, or the sheep, and could not work out the problems if she had.
These people had travelled with our caravan for two days, each carrying the heavy grindstone in turns.
The Indians took the boy who had been turning the grindstone, young Slocum, and his sister Frances, and prepared to depart.
When Osmo found she was firm, he went secretly and broke the old grindstone into small pieces.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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