Now I'd better put my nose to the grindstone, I have a lot of work today.
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Grindstone
//ˈɡɹaɪn(d)ˌstəʊn//
Synonyms for "grindstone" (11 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- qostër noun (wheel for grinding)
Arabic
3 entries- جَلَّاخَة noun (wheel for grinding)
- مِجْلَخَة noun (wheel for grinding)
- مِسَنّ noun (wheel for grinding)
Bulgarian
2 entries- точилен камък noun (wheel for grinding)
- точило noun (wheel for grinding)
Catalan
1 entries- mola noun (wheel for grinding)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- páṭ·a noun (wheel for grinding)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 石磨 noun (wheel for grinding)
- 磨 noun (wheel for grinding)
- 磨刀石 noun (wheel for grinding)
- 磨子 noun (wheel for grinding)
Czech
1 entries- brusný kámen noun (wheel for grinding)
Dutch
1 entries- slijpsteen noun (wheel for grinding)
Egyptian
1 entries- b-n:nw-w*t-O39:Z2 noun (wheel for grinding)
Finnish
1 entries- tahko noun (wheel for grinding)
French
1 entries- meule noun (wheel for grinding)
Galician
1 entries- moa noun (wheel for grinding)
German
1 entries- Schleifstein noun (wheel for grinding)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת noun (wheel for grinding)
Hindi
1 entries- शाण noun (wheel for grinding)
Hungarian
1 entries- köszörűkő noun (wheel for grinding)
Ingrian
2 entries- pöörä noun (wheel for grinding)
- tahko noun (wheel for grinding)
Italian
1 entries- mola noun (wheel for grinding)
Japanese
2 entries- 砥石 noun (wheel for grinding)
- 磨石 noun (wheel for grinding)
Korean
1 entries- 숫돌 noun (wheel for grinding)
Latin
1 entries- mola noun (wheel for grinding)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- brus noun (wheel for grinding)
Macedonian
2 entries- брус noun (wheel for grinding)
- точило noun (wheel for grinding)
Middle English
3 entries- grind-ston noun (wheel for grinding)
- grindel-ston noun (wheel for grinding)
- grindistan noun (wheel for grinding)
Māori
1 entries- hōanga noun (wheel for grinding)
Navajo
1 entries- tsé bee akʼaashí noun (wheel for grinding)
Norwegian
1 entries- slipestein noun (wheel for grinding)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كستره noun (wheel for grinding)
- كوستره noun (wheel for grinding)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schliepsteen (nds) noun (wheel for grinding)
Polish
1 entries- ostrzarka noun (wheel for grinding)
Portuguese
2 entries- mó noun (wheel for grinding)
- rebolo noun (wheel for grinding)
Russian
4 entries- брус noun (wheel for grinding)
- осело́к noun (wheel for grinding)
- точи́ло noun (wheel for grinding)
- точи́льный ка́мень noun (wheel for grinding)
Sanskrit
2 entries- शाण noun (wheel for grinding)
- शाणा noun (wheel for grinding)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- brus noun (wheel for grinding)
- točilo noun (wheel for grinding)
- žrvanj noun (wheel for grinding)
- брус noun (wheel for grinding)
Spanish
3 entries- afiladora noun (wheel for grinding)
- esmoladera noun (wheel for grinding)
- muela noun (wheel for grinding)
Swedish
1 entries- slipsten noun (wheel for grinding)
Tagalog
1 entries- kamanga noun (wheel for grinding)
Telugu
1 entries- రుబ్బురాయి noun (wheel for grinding)
Ternate
1 entries- nyonyifi noun (wheel for grinding)
Tidore
1 entries- nyonyifi noun (wheel for grinding)
Turkish
2 entries- köstere noun (wheel for grinding)
- küstere noun (wheel for grinding)
Unami
1 entries- kinhikàn noun (wheel for grinding)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đá mài noun (wheel for grinding)
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