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hone

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) hone (noun)
  2. 2) hone (verb)
  3. 3) hone (verb)
  4. hone in (verb)

1hone

noun \ˈhōn\

Definition of HONE

: whetstone

Origin of HONE

Middle English, from Old English hān stone; akin to Old Norse hein whetstone, Latin cot-, cos, Sanskrit śiśāti he whets
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Hardware Terms

adze, auger, awl, chock, ferrule, punch, tang

Rhymes with HONE

blown, bone, clone, cone, crone, drone, flown, groan, grown, known, loan, lone, moan, Mon, none, own, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, Saône, scone, sone, stone, throne, tone, zone

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