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Rarehone
The correct spelling is hone.
How to pronounce hone
/həʊn/
nounIPA: /həʊn/
Say it like: Hon-e
The correct spelling is hone. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- 2.A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- 3.A kind of swelling in the cheek.
verb
- 1.To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- 2.To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- 3.To refine or master (a skill).
- 4.To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- 5.To grumble.
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