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   Stone

   /stōn/

   

   noun

   • 1. hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material: "the houses are built of stone"
   • ▪ used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement: "Isabel stood as if turned to stone"
   • ▪ a small piece of rock found on the ground. Similar rockpebbleboulderboondiecobblesgravelscreerare:concretion
   • ▪ a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.
   • ▪ a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.
   • 2. a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation: "a memorial stone" Similar gravestoneheadstonetombstonetabletmonumentmonolithobelisk
   • ▪ a gem or jewel: "a gold ring with a small dark red stone" Similar gemgemstonejewelprecious stonesemiprecious stonebrilliantinformal:rocksparklerarchaic:bijou
   • ▪ short for curling stone
   • ▪ a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games such as backgammon.
   • ▪ a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and later usually of metal, on which pages of type were made up.
   • 3. a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits. Similar kernelseedpippittechnical:endocarp
   • 4. a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg): British "I weighed 10 stone"
   • 5. a natural shade of whitish-gray or brownish-gray: "stone stretch trousers"

   verb

   • 1. throw stones at: "three vehicles were stoned and torched"
   • 2. remove the stone from (a fruit): British "halve, stone, and peel the avocados"
   • 3. build, face, or pave with stone: "the honey-stoned, eighteenth-century city"

   Word Origin Old Englishstān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in stone (sense 1 of the verb)).

   Derivatives

   • 1. stoneless adjective

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