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knockstone


Meanings
  • A large, rounded stone, often used as a boundary marker or as a decorative element.

    - "The hikers came across a knockstone that marked the boundary between two private properties."
    - "The gardeners used knockstones as decorative elements, placing them around the base of trees or in flower beds."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with knockstone
knoll , roll , poll , toll
Homophones
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  1. Knock () :

  2. Knockoff () :


Variants
List of all variants of knockstone that leads to same result
knock out , knocked out , knocking out , knocks out , knock it out of the park , knocked it out of the park , knocking it out of the park , knocks it out of the park , park , parklike , parks
Forms
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knockstone (noun), knock stones (verb), knock stones (noun)


Etymology
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Old English cognate; akin to Dutch kolensteen, German Kohlenstein 'coal stone'


Culture
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In various cultures, knockstones have been used for various purposes. For example, in some traditional Scottish and Irish farms, knockstones were used as boundary markers, indicating the boundaries between different plots of land. In some traditional Japanese gardens, knockstones were used as decorative elements, often placed around the base of trees or in flower beds to add visual interest and to help define the spatial relationships between different elements in the garden.

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