1mass nounA fine-grained stone which can be cut easily in any direction, in particular a type of sandstone or limestone.
乱石，毛石，易切石（尤指一种砂岩或石灰石）
the town hall built in the local freestone
Example sentencesExamples
Whilst the greater part was just ordinary stone, many decorative elements were carved out of freestone such as sandstones and limestone.
They quarried the brownstone, then called freestone, because of the ease with which it could be worked.
The ten-bay barn is of limestone with freestone dressings and diagonal buttresses.
To the south end of the living area is a massive freestone chimney and fireplace which works both inside and out on the platform.
He has learnt all the skills of carving freestone.
Towards the end of the twelfth century, stone from Caen was used for the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral, and in the mid-thirteenth century freestone from Caen was used for mouldings and carvings in Westminster Abbey.
The tomb's freestone canopy is equally remarkable and can be compared with that of Stratford at Canterbury.
2A stone fruit in which the stone is easily separated from the flesh when the fruit is ripe.
离核果实
as modifierfreestone peaches
离核桃。与CLINGSTONE 相对。
Contrasted with clingstone
Example sentencesExamples
When it comes to baking or preserving, freestones are the easiest to work with.
Its freestone fruit - about average in size - has an attractive pinkish-orange skin.
Varieties There are two categories of peach, clingstone and freestone, distinguished by the ease with which the flesh comes away from the stone.
To peel clingstones, score a little cross at the base of the fruit and plunge into hot, then cold water as with freestones and peel away the skin.
Irene finished canning her Red Globe freestone peaches and wiped up the sticky mess before flies took over her kitchen.
Use chunks of ripe pineapple, halves of slightly under-ripe apricots or freestone peaches.
Rhymes
keystone
Definition of freestone in US English:
freestone
nounˈfrēstōnˈfristoʊn
1Rock that can be cut easily in any direction, in particular a fine-grained sandstone or limestone of uniform texture.
乱石，毛石，易切石（尤指一种砂岩或石灰石）
Example sentencesExamples
To the south end of the living area is a massive freestone chimney and fireplace which works both inside and out on the platform.
They quarried the brownstone, then called freestone, because of the ease with which it could be worked.
Towards the end of the twelfth century, stone from Caen was used for the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral, and in the mid-thirteenth century freestone from Caen was used for mouldings and carvings in Westminster Abbey.
He has learnt all the skills of carving freestone.
The ten-bay barn is of limestone with freestone dressings and diagonal buttresses.
Whilst the greater part was just ordinary stone, many decorative elements were carved out of freestone such as sandstones and limestone.
The tomb's freestone canopy is equally remarkable and can be compared with that of Stratford at Canterbury.
2A stone fruit in which the pit is easily separated from the flesh when the fruit is ripe.
离核果实
as modifierfreestone peaches
离核桃。与CLINGSTONE 相对。
Contrasted with clingstone
Example sentencesExamples
Varieties There are two categories of peach, clingstone and freestone, distinguished by the ease with which the flesh comes away from the stone.
To peel clingstones, score a little cross at the base of the fruit and plunge into hot, then cold water as with freestones and peel away the skin.
Irene finished canning her Red Globe freestone peaches and wiped up the sticky mess before flies took over her kitchen.
When it comes to baking or preserving, freestones are the easiest to work with.
Use chunks of ripe pineapple, halves of slightly under-ripe apricots or freestone peaches.
Its freestone fruit - about average in size - has an attractive pinkish-orange skin.