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chockstone

The correct spelling is chockstone.

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noun

IPA: /ˈtʃɒkstəʊn/

Say it like: Cho-kst-one

The correct spelling is chockstone. A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.

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noun

  1. 1.A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
  2. 2.A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.

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