- any fine-grained stone, esp sandstone or limestone, that can be cut and worked in any direction without breaking
- a fruit, such as a peach, in which the flesh separates readily from the stone
- (as modifier)
Compare clingstone
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free•stone
(frē′stōn′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Botany, Fooda fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- Botanythe stone itself.
- any stone, as sandstone, that can be freely worked or quarried, esp. one that cuts well in all directions without splitting.
adj.
- having a stone from which the flesh is easily separated.
- 1250–1300; Middle English freston (see free, stone); translation of Old French franche piere; see frank1
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freestone /ˈfriːˌstəʊn/ n
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