Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun holystone

1 sense of holystone

Sense 1
holystone -- (a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship)
       => sandstone -- (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb holystone

1 sense of holystone

Sense 1
holystone -- (scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck")
       => scrub, scour -- (clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back")