Freestone Definition

frēstōn
noun
A stone, esp. sandstone or limestone, that can be cut easily without splitting.
Webster's New World
A peach, plum, etc. in which the pit does not cling to the pulp of the ripened fruit.
Webster's New World
A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
American Heritage
Such a pit.
Webster's New World
A fruit, especially a peach, that has a stone that does not adhere to the flesh.
American Heritage
adjective
Having such a pit.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Freestone

Noun

Singular:
freestone
Plural:
freestones

Origin of Freestone

  • Middle English freston translation of Old French franche pere high-grade stone franche high-grade feminine of franc noble, freeborn pere stone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English freston translation of Old French franche pere high-grade stone franche high-grade feminine of franc noble, freeborn pere stone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Freestone Sentence Examples

  • Dover has a fine city hall of red brick and freestone; a public library containing (1907) 34,000 volumes; the Wentworth hospital; the Wentworth home for the aged; a children's and an orphans' home.

  • The environs of Creil (Oise) and Chteau-Landon (Seine-et-Marne) are noted for their freestone (pierre de taille), which is also abundant at Euville and Lrouville in Meuse; the production of plaster is particularly important in the environs of Paris, of kaolin of fine quality at Yrieix (1-Jaute-Vienne), of hydraulic lime in Ardche (Le Teil), of lime phosphates in the department of Somme, of marble in the departments of HauteGaronne (St Beat), Hautes-Pyrnes (Campan, Sarrancolin), Isre and Pas-de-Calais, and of cement in Pas-de-Calais (vicinity of Boulogne) and Isre (Grenoble).

  • There are collieries and freestone quarries in the neighbourhood.

  • The principal industries include manufactures of linen and sailcloth, bleaching, rope-making, brewing, distilling, paper-making, in addition to nurseries and freestone quarries.

  • Fine white freestone abounds in the immediate vicinity (as at Craigleith, from the vast quarry of which, now passing into disuse, the stone for much of the New Town was obtained) and furnishes excellent building material; while the hard trap rock, with which the stratified sandstones of the Coal formation have been extensively broken up and overlaid, supplies good materials for paving and road-making.

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Words Starting With

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