curling stone

noun

: an ellipsoid stone or occasionally piece of iron with a gooseneck handle used in the game of curling

Illustration of curling stone

Examples of curling stone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That's the 40-pound curling stone going down the ice. —ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024

Getting there on the hotel’s little 12-seater boat is an adventure, via Ailsa Craig, the volcanic plug island known for its 40,000 seabirds and the unique granite used curling stones. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024

The 75-year-old made just two attempts at sliding a curling stone across the ice sheet at the Oval. —Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022

The most malicious one depicted a curling player wearing a shirt with the Chinese national flag using the COVID-19 virus instead of a curling stone. —Adam Sabes, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2022

The Browns swept Cincinnati during the regular season like a curling stone, yet somehow the Bengals are the AFC North team that ski-jumped everybody else for a chance at a Super Bowl title. —cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022

Inside the bag is a thick slice of focaccia and a boule of polenta and pumpkin seed sourdough the size of a curling stone. —Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2020

The low friction of ice is why speedskaters can reach 35 mph, why figure skaters can twirl in dizzying circles, and why a 40-pound curling stone can glide and accomplish whatever the heck the point of curling is. —Brian Resnick, Vox, 31 Jan. 2019

Last week, Rachel Homan, the skip of the Canadian women’s team, broke with etiquette by having a curling stone removed from competition when an opponent from Denmark accidentally touched it with her broom. —Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1620, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for curling stone

• acetone
• anglophone
• baritone
• bourguignon
• buspirone
• chaperon
• chaperone
• cobblestone
• collarbone
• cornerstone
• cortisone
• dictaphone