whinstone

n. 暗色岩

词形变化

whinstones 复数 whinstones

别名

whimstone whinestone

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle.

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  2. 2.

    Any hard dark-coloured rock.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

whin

上位词 2

rock stone

词源

Possibly corrupted from quern stone, i.e. stone suitable for making querns; or else, from whin + stone.

来源：wiktionary