/free"stohn'/ , n.
1. a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
2. the stone itself.
3. any stone, as sandstone, that can be freely worked or quarried, esp. one that cuts well in all directions without splitting.
adj.
4. having a stone from which the flesh is easily separated.
[ 1250-1300; ME freston (see FREE, STONE); trans. of OF franche piere; see FRANK 1 ]