whet·stone
[hwet-stohn, wet-] Show IPA
noun
1.
a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction.
2.
anything that sharpens: a whetstone for dull wits.
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| — n | |
| 1. | a stone used for sharpening edged tools, knives, etc |
| 2. | something that sharpens |
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Whetstone is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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