Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guidestone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: guide-stone
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional stone marker providing directions for travellers.

noun

Something serving as a guide.

Example Sentences

"Arrived at Wellington's Monument, the way levels over Eaglestone Flat and passes a guidestone […] that is unusual in being inscribed on one face only: Chesterfeild Roade."
"Now, as a guidestone for modernization of the classical theory of meromorphic functions, a new revolution was born with discovery of two main theorems by R. Nevanlinna in 1925."

Etymology

From guide + stone.

Inflected Forms

guidestones (plural)

Questions

What does guidestone mean?: A traditional stone marker providing directions for travellers.
Where does guidestone come from?: From guide + stone.

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