whetstone

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Synonyms: wheatstone, whetstine, whinstone, whetstones, whitestone, shenstone, westone

Antonyms: wheatstone, whetstine, whinstone, whetstones, whitestone, shenstone, westone

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Noun

1. A [[sharpen]]ing [[stone]]; a hard stone or piece of synthetically [[bonded]] hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or [[hone]] an [[edged]] [[tool]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[stimulant]].
3. {{lb|en|computing}} {{alt case form of|en|Whetstone|gloss=benchmark}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sharpen]] with a whetstone.

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|suburb|and ward in the|lbor/Barnet|co/Greater London|cc/England}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref TQ2693}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/london/barnet/whetstone-ward.html Ward map (Barnet)]</ref>
2. {{place|en|large village/and/cpar|in|dist/Blaby|co/Leicestershire|cc/England}} {{q|OS grid ref SP5597}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/leicestershire/blaby/whetstone-parish.html Parish map (Leicestershire)]</ref>
3. {{place|en|CDP|co/Cochise County|s/Arizona|c/USA}}.
4. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Clay County|s/West Virginia|c/USA}}.
5. {{surname|en}}.
6. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[synthetic]] [[benchmark]] for evaluating the power and performance of a computer, primarily based on [[floating point|floating-point]] arithmetic.

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