whetstone
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++whet·stone /ˈwetstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable] TZa stone used to make the blade of cutting tools sharp 磨刀石
Examples from the Corpus
whetstone• His brain seemed to seize up when Naseby was around, whereas Stitch sharpened it, like a whetstone.• Hereabouts can be found, in quarry spoil, the fine-grained whetstone once transported for use in steel manufacture.• He w as filing arrow heads, and the sound of the metal on the whetstone set Burun's teeth on edge.whet·stone nounChineseSyllable
stone blade the to used make of Corpus a cutting
whetstone
whet‧stone /ˈwetstəʊn $ -stoʊn/
noun [countable]
a stone used to make the blade of cutting tools sharp
whet‧stone /ˈwetstəʊn $ -stoʊn/
noun [countable]a stone used to make the blade of cutting tools sharp