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Rarechockstone
The correct spelling is chockstone.
How to pronounce chockstone
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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Definition
noun
- 1.A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
- 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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