flagstone
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈflæɡˌstoʊn/
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loseta
- We walk to the door on red and gray flagstones fixed in a curve of cement.
- flagstone patio
- flagstone path
- flagstone floor
And so this hotel was like all flagstones, like big rocks with like kind of like trails of dirt between them.
- And so this hotel was like all flagstones, like big rocks with like kind of like trails of dirt between them.
Examples
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Pairs of shoes lined up on the flagstone: my father's black step-ins, my mother's sandals.
Fiction book (1990) -
We have to wash the flagstones at the foot of the steps again.
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So we started working on the flagstone walkway, which this one turned out great.
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Opening a wrought-iron gate, I follow a flagstone path that has now become a running stream.
Fiction book (1994) -
You'll notice the beautiful patina on the flagstone floor
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At my house, Warren and I scuffed our sneakers against the flagstone steps.
Fiction book (1996) -
The apartment was in a two-story stucco building with a flagstone courtyard.
Fiction book (1995) -
Jimmy and Hallenbeck make their way down a flagstone walk between tiny, palm-shaded cottages.
Fiction book (1991) -
Late-blossoming peonies, as crimson as Louvia's homemade rouge, lined the slate flagstones leading up to the porch.
Fiction book (1999) -
Our new home came with treasures: a sunny flagstone patio and a view of the mountains.
Synonyms
5
8.2
A flat stone used to make paths, patios, or floors
3
2.8
A flat piece of stone used to make a hard surface for paths or roads
A path made of flat stones laid side by side
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Etymology
Flagstone comes from an old word flag meaning 'flat slab' and stone, so it literally means a 'flat stone' used for paving paths, floors, or patios.