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Definition: Freestone |
FreestoneNoun1. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "freestone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | A stone that is cut or finished accurately to definite shape and size ; thick-bedded, evenly grained rock which can be easily cut in any direction and dressed for masonry; is generally sandstone, but some limestones are freestones. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Stones granular in structure, with no planes of cleavage, and therefore no tendency to split in a direction, and for that reason useful for carved work. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | Any fine-grained sandstone or limestone that can be readily sawn or worked. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Freestone is Portland stone, which cuts freely in any direction. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | Any stone (esp. a thick-bedded, even-textured, fine-grained sandstone) that breaks freely and can be cut and dressed with equal ease in any direction without splitting or tending to split. The ease with which it can be shaped into blocks makes it a good building stone. The term was originally applied to limestone, and is still used for such rock.CF:flagstone. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Freestone |
| English words defined with "freestone": Badigeon ♦ Portland stone ♦ Rareripe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "freestone": knell stone ♦ listy bed ♦ scamy, scamy post ♦ whirlstone. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The upper engraving depicts the U.S. Potomac Flotilla in the Potomac between Freestone Point, Va., and Indian Head, Md., to prevent the passage of Confederates from Virginia to Maryland. Features seen include (from left to right): Tugboat Murray; USS Jacob Bell; Indian Head, Maryland; USS Yankee; USS Penguin; USS Satellite; USS Seminole; Confederate battery at Freestone Point; and the mouth of the Occoquan River. The lower engraving depicts a scene in Falls Village, Virginia, which was occupied by Federal troops. It shows Taylor's Tavern and the northern extremity of the town. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Freestone" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "Freestone" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 58.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 41.67% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "freestone" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Freestone | Last name | 200 | 33,799 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Freestone, CA 2. Freestone, TX |
Expression using "freestone": Freestone County. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "freestone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Облицовъчен Камък. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilhugget sten (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), med sten, kvadersandsten, der let loesner sig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zuivere steen, zandhoudende krijtrots, zachte tufsteen, steen voor de steenhouwerij (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), met niet-aanhechtende pit, met niet-aanhechtend vruchtvlees, hardsteen (belgian bluestone, building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), gehouwen steen (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rakennuskivi (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), joka suuntaan yhtä helposti lohkeava hiekkakivi, hiekkakivi (sandstone), hakattu kivi (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), ei suomenkielistä vastinetta (crystalline soil, megrims, mortierella disease, original soil, shaggy stipe disease, skeletal soil, soil consisting of stone, staggers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tuffeau, pierre franche, pierre de taille (free stone), noyau libre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Freistein, freier Bruchstein (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), Werkstein (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), steinlösend, sandhaltiger Kreidefels, nicht geschichteter Stein, beweglicher Bruchstein (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όασώνοσ (Mason), πυριτιούχος βράχος ασβεστούχος βράχος, λαξευτός λίθος (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), αργός λίθος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Terméskõ (rubble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pietra da taglio isotropa, pietra da taglio (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), a nocciolo non aderente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clagh so-yiarrey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eestonefray tufo (flock, tussock, tussock moth, wisp), Pedreiro-livre, pedra franca, pedra de cantaria (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), pedra da fachada (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), Arenito (grit, sandstone). (various references) Строительный Камень. (various references) gairbheil , gaireal. (various references) peščanik (minute-glass, watch-glass). (various references) sillar (ashlar), piedra franca, Piedra De Sillería, abridor (opener). (various references) med sten som lossnar lätt, kvadersten (building stone, cutstone, free stone, quarry stone), homogen sten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "freestone": freestones. (additional references) | |
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"Freestone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Felstone, Freiston, Fristoe, Fryston, restone. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "freestone" (pronounced frē"stō'n) |
| 5 | -ē" s t ō' n | keystone. |
| 4 | -s t ō' n | bloodstone, Bluestone, brownstone, capstone, cherrystone, cobblestone, cornerstone, curbstone, Eyestone, Firestone, flagstone, gallstone, gemstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, greenstone, grindstone, hailstone, headstone, limestone, lodestone, milestone, millstone, moonstone, rhinestone, sandstone, steppingstone, tombstone, touchstone, whetstone. |
| 3 | -t ō' n | acetone, baritone, halftone, monotone, overtone, undertone. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-n-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: foreseen, softener. | |
-2 letters: entrees, estrone, foresee, frontes, oftener, retenes, teeners. | |
-3 letters: enserf, enters, entree, eterne, fester, fetors, forest, fortes, foster, freest, fronts, nester, nestor, noters, renest, rentes, reseen, resent, retene, serene, soften, softer, stereo, stoner, teener, tenors, tenser, tensor, ternes, toners, treens, trones. | |
-4 letters: enter, ernes, erose, ester, feres, ferns, fetes, fetor, fonts, fores. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-n-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: freestones. | |
+2 letters: fourteeners. | |
+3 letters: confederates, deforcements, efflorescent, effronteries, enforcements, festooneries. | |
+4 letters: foreshortened, frontogeneses, nonesterified. | |
+5 letters: counterfeiters, defenestration, effortlessness, ferroconcretes, footsorenesses, fortunetellers, overidentifies, reinforcements, surefootedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 65 65 73 74 6F 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. . . ... - --- -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101111 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r e e s t o n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0065 0065 0073 0074 006F 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)408471718586818071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | фински език, фински, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss |
Scottish | foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachan | шотландски, Schots, skotlantilainen, écossais, schottisch, σκωτσέζικο, σκωτικόσ, skót, scozzese, Albinagh, escocês, шотландский, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, beurla, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk |
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