Graniteware Definitions

Useful Words

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Flint : چقماق , Hand Ax : چھوٹی کلہاڑی , Hopscotch : پیلدوج , Muller : کوٹنے والا اوزار , Dapple-Gray : خاکستری رنگ , Urolith : مثانے کی پتھری , Epilithic : پتھر یا چٹان پر اگنے والا , Lapidify : پتھر بن جانا , Neolith : پتھر کے اوزار جو پتھر کے زمانے کے لوگ استعمال کرتے تھے , Gravestone : سنگ قبر , Cutter : سنگ تراش , Hearthstone : آتش دان کے پتھر , Macadam : سڑک بنانے میں استعمال ہونے والے پھتر , Dripstone : مہراب , Cherry : چیری , Mason : مستری , Capstone : منڈیر , Lithotomy : پتھری نکالنے کا آپریشن , Clinker : سخت اور چھوٹے پتھر , Salivary Calculus : سلائیوری نالی میں پتھری , Grave : پتھر یا لکڑی تراش کر شکل دینا , Curbstone : سنگ حاشیہ , Breaker : توڑنے والا , Sarcophagus : پتھر کا مزین نمایاں تابوت , Vault : گنبد , Neolithic : پتھر کے زمانے سے متعلق , Pit : گڑھا , Rough-Cut : ناہموار کٹا ہوا , Gem : سچا موتی , Buttress : پشتہ , Drove : پتھر کاٹنے کا اوزار

Useful Words Definitions

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Flint: a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony.

Hand Ax: a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping.

Hopscotch: a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone.

Muller: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.

Dapple-Gray: grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.

Urolith: a urinary stone.

Epilithic: growing on stone.

Lapidify: change into stone.

Neolith: a stone tool from the Neolithic Age.

Gravestone: a stone that is used to mark a grave.

Cutter: someone who cuts or carves stone.

Hearthstone: a stone that forms a hearth.

Macadam: broken stone used in macadamized roadways.

Dripstone: a protective drip that is made of stone.

Cherry: a red fruit with a single hard stone.

Mason: a craftsman who works with stone or brick.

Capstone: a stone that forms the top of wall or building.

Lithotomy: surgical removal of a stone (calculus).

Clinker: a hard brick used as a paving stone.

Salivary Calculus: a stone formed in the salivary gland.

Grave: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.

Curbstone: a paving stone forming part of a curb.

Breaker: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.

Sarcophagus: a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions).

Vault: an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof.

Neolithic: of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic).

Pit: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.

Rough-Cut: of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing.

Gem: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.

Buttress: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.

Drove: a stonemason`s chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.