n. A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
n. One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See flag, a stone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A grit or sandstone naturally separating in layers of suitable thickness for flagging; any rock which splits or is capable of being readily split into tabular plates or flags.
n. A flat stone used in paving.
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n. stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
Word Usage
"I followed it until it passed through a natural bottleneck, then improvised a deadfall trap by prying a flagstone from the ground, which was not quite frozen, and whittling a trigger from dead sticks."