grinding stone

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grinding stone (plural grinding stones)

  1. A stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
      Circular dwellings, grinding stones, stone tools—its village relics date back an astonishing 12,000 years, deep into our nomadic Stone Age.

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