flagstone paving

  • 1Flagstone — is a type of flat stone, usually used for paving slabs, but also for making fences or roofing. It may also be used for making memorials or headstones in a cemetery. It also refers to Pennsylvania Bluestone, a stone from northeastern Pennsylvania… …

    Wikipedia

  • 2Flagstone — Flag stone , n. A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See {Flag}, a stone. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3flagstone — ► NOUN ▪ a flat square or rectangular stone slab, used for paving …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4flagstone — [flag′stōn΄] n. [ FLAG2 + STONE] 1. any hard stone that splits into flat pieces used in paving walks, terraces, etc. 2. a piece of such stone …

    English World dictionary

  • 5paving stone — noun a stone used for paving (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑stone • Hyponyms: ↑cobble, ↑cobblestone, ↑sett, ↑curbstone, ↑kerbstone, ↑flag, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6flagstone — noun the landscapers unearthed a beautiful flagstone walkway, perhaps laid a hundred years ago Syn: paving slab, paving stone, slab, flag …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 7flagstone — Synonyms and related words: Tarmac, Tarvia, adobe, ashlar, asphalt, bitumen, bituminous macadam, blacktop, brick, bricks and mortar, cement, clinker, cobble, cobblestone, concrete, covering materials, curb, curbing, curbstone, edgestone,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8flagstone — /ˈflægstoʊn / (say flagstohn) noun 1. a flat slab of stone used for paving, etc. 2. (plural) a walk paved with such slabs. 3. rock, such as sandstone, shale, etc., which can be split up into slabs for paving. {flag4 + stone} …

  • 9flagstone — noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones • Syn: ↑flag • Hypernyms: ↑paving stone …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10flagstone — /flag stohn /, n. 1. Also called flag. a flat stone slab used esp. for paving. 2. flagstones, a walk, terrace, etc., paved with flagstones. 3. rock, as sandstone or shale, suitable for splitting into flagstones. [1720 30; FLAG4 + STONE] * * * …

    Universalium