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flagstone

[ flag-stohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

flagstone

/ ˈflæɡˌstəʊn /

a hard fine-textured rock, such as a sandstone or shale, that can be split up into slabs for paving
a slab of such a rock

First recorded in 1720–30; flag ⁴ + stone

C15 flag (in the sense: sod, turf), from Old Norse flaga slab; compare Old English flæcg plaster, poultice

They built a redwood garden fence and installed a flagstone court and sidewalks.

Animated by this fresh hope, the party now worked away, and in a few minutes had lifted the ponderous flagstone.

He walked up what had once been a concrete path and was now an ornate flagstone path.

Her eyes were downcast, and one little foot tapped the flagstone nervously.

A recent rain had washed the streets from curb to curb, and under foot flagstone and asphalt lay clean as steel.

He took him with him and left him in under a flagstone in the church.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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