Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wallstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wall-stone
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Stone used for building, especially in the construction of walls.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the upper stories the walls are built hollow, the utilised internal linings of brick, and the outer walling built of coursed rubble wallstones from the old demolished building, […]"
"The remainder is used for wallstone or is finely ground for use as filter or as a feed supplement."

Etymology

From Middle English walle ston, from Old English weallstān (“stone for building”), equivalent to wall + stone.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: walle ston, weallstān

Usage

Inflected Forms

wallstones (plural) wall-stone (alternative) wall stone (alternative)

Questions

What does wallstone mean?: Stone used for building, especially in the construction of walls.
Where does wallstone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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