freestone

1. A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
2. A fruit, especially a peach, that has a stone that does not adhere to the pulp. See Regional Note at andiron.

[Middle English freston, translation of Old French franche pere, high-grade stone : franche, high-grade, feminine of franc, noble, freeborn + pere, stone.]

A term used to describe fruit that has a pit to which the flesh does not cling, as in a freestone peach. See also clingstone.

Fairly fine-grained stone that works easily; has no tendency to split in any preferential direction; esp. suitable for carving and elaborate milling; usually a sandstone or a granular limestone.

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Freestone or free stone may refer to:

• Freestone (masonry)
• Freestone (drupe)
• Freestone peach

Names of places etc.

• Freestone, California, United States
• Freestone County, Texas
• USS Freestone (APA-167), a Haskell-class attack transport

Names of people

• Chris Freestone (born 1971), retired English football forward
• Roger Freestone (born 1968), Welsh footballer
• Freestone is also a family name, the origins of which date back to lace makers in the middlelands in England in the 1700's.

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