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Hone
/həʊn/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Hone"
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.
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.
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