flagstone

[ flag-stohn ]

/ ˈflægˌstoʊn /

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noun

Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.

flagstones, a walk, terrace, etc., paved with flagstones.

rock, as sandstone or shale, suitable for splitting into flagstones.

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Origin of flagstone

First recorded in 1720–30; flag⁴ + stone

Words nearby flagstone

flag smut, Flagstad, flagstaff, flag station, flagstick, flagstone, flag up, flag-waver, flag-waving, Flaherty, flail

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How to use flagstone in a sentence

They built a redwood garden fence and installed a flagstone court and sidewalks.
Hoover’s Secret Files|Ronald Kessler|August 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Animated by this fresh hope, the party now worked away, and in a few minutes had lifted the ponderous flagstone.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
He walked up what had once been a concrete path and was now an ornate flagstone path.
The First One|Herbert D. Kastle
Her eyes were downcast, and one little foot tapped the flagstone nervously.
In Friendship's Guise|Wm. Murray Graydon

A recent rain had washed the streets from curb to curb, and under foot flagstone and asphalt lay clean as steel.
The Silver Poppy|Arthur Stringer
He took him with him and left him in under a flagstone in the church.
Legends of Saints & Sinners|Douglas Hyde

British Dictionary definitions for flagstone

flagstone

flag

/ (ˈflæɡˌstəʊn) /

noun

a hard fine-textured rock, such as a sandstone or shale, that can be split up into slabs for paving

a slab of such a rock

Word Origin for flagstone

C15 flag (in the sense: sod, turf), from Old Norse flaga slab; compare Old English flæcg plaster, poultice

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