grinding stone

English

Noun

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.

Translations

tool

• Assamese: পটা (pota)
• Central Sierra Miwok: paṭ·a-
• German: Mahlstein m, Reibstein m, Handmühle (de) f