VividLex

Home / Dictionary / whetstone

whetstone

4 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. n. A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools. Source: opted
2. n. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives Source: wordnet
3. A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, orsharpening, edge tools.The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits. Shak.Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to the razor.South. Source: adambom
4. n:100 n. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

sharpening whetting artificial edge edged flat knives piece diligence dullness fools razor south understanding wits

Word family

whets whetstones

Nearby in the alphabet

wherewithal wherret wherries wherry wherso whet whether

Open full thesaurus page for whetstone · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home