Freestone
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone. countable, uncountable
"Mr Allworthy […] died immensely rich and built an hospital […] but had he done nothing more I should have left him to have recorded his own merit on some fair freestone over the door of that hospital."
- 2 fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit wordnet
- 3 A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh. countable
- 1 A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
- 2 An unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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More examples"Mr Allworthy […] died immensely rich and built an hospital […] but had he done nothing more I should have left him to have recorded his own merit on some fair freestone over the door of that hospital."
Etymology
From free + stone.
Originated as a habitual name from Friston, Friston, or Frieston.
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