whetstone
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Anglais[modifier le wikicode]
Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
Nom commun [modifier le wikicode]
Singulier | Pluriel |
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whetstone \wɛtstoʊn\ |
whetstones \wɛtstoʊnz\ |
whetstone \wɛtstoʊn\
- Pierre à aiguiser, aiguisoir.
- He’d also acquired a Ka-Bar Marine combat knife in a surplus store, and while he’d watched the streets the night before, he’d worked the seven-inch Bowie-type blade across a whetstone. There was something that men feared about a knife even more than a bullet. — (Tom Clancy, Without Remorse, 1993.)
Prononciation[modifier le wikicode]
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