ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Destone

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Destone is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the stones from.

Meaning

(transitive) To remove the stones from.

Example Sentences

[…] sandy soils may be ploughed in the spring and then destoned.
Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production.
Certainly he misses the point — so much so that in addressing the issue at all the sensation is like finding oneself trying to destone a cherry with a spade.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stone, mine, debone, desand, unslate, destem.

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