freestone noun. ['fri:stǝʊn] ME.
[formed as FREE adjective + STONE noun; in sense 1 translating Old French franche pere, Anglo-Latin lapis liber lit. 'stone of superior quality': see FRANK adjective¹.]
1. Any of various fine-grained sandstones or limestones that can be cut or sawn easily. Also, a slab or piece of such stone. ME.

2. In full freestone peach, freestone nectarine. A kind of peach or nectarine in which the stone becomes loose when the fruit is ripe. E19.

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