Definition of "flagstone" []

• A flat slab of stone used as a paving material. (noun)
• An evenly layered sedimentary rock that can be split into paving stones. (noun)

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• "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."
• "Laja comes in three common types: Laja de Sous is a local flagstone which is the least expensive but rather thin at times."
• "The concrete grinding on the adult pool is complete and they appear to be laying some kind of flagstone down; I only saw one guy doing over the last 4 days, so unless he gets some help, hard to see how this will be complete by month's end."