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stone

[ stohn ]

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noun

plural stones stone

the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.
a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: building stone.
paving stone;
building stone.
a small piece of rock, as a pebble.
precious stone.
Chiefly British. one of various units of weight, especially the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).
something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.
Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
Pathology. a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder.
a gravestone or tombstone.
grindstone:
Don’t even think about using that stone until you’ve got your safety glasses on.
millstone:
The gristmill’s original pair of stones were made from volcanic lava deposits in southern Italy.
hailstone:
With many verified reports of stones as large as 6 inches in diameter, we can tell you this was no ordinary hailstorm.
curling stone:
Friction between the stone and the surface of the ice is controlled by many parameters, including velocity.
Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
(in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.
a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.
Slang: Vulgar. Usually stones. testes.

adjective

made of or pertaining to stone.
made of stoneware:
a stone mug or bottle.
stonelike; stony; obdurate: stone strength.
a stone killer;
stone strength.

adverb

completely; totally (usually used in combination):
stone cold.

verb (used with object)

stoned, stoning.

to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones.
to put to death by pelting with stones.
to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.
to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
to remove stones from, as fruit.
Obsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling.

Stone

[ stohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Edward Du·rell [d, oo, -, rel, dy, oo, -], 1902–78, U.S. architect.
Har·lan Fiske [hahr, -l, uh, n], 1872–1946, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1941–46.
Irving, 1903–1989, U.S. author.
I(sidor) F(ein·stein) [fahyn, -stahyn], Izzy, 1907–1989, U.S. political journalist.
Lucy, 1818–93, U.S. suffragist (wife of Henry Brown Blackwell).

Stone

/ stəʊn /

noun

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stone

/ stəʊn /

noun

the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are made lithic
a small lump of rock; pebble
jewellery short for gemstone
1. a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose
2. ( in combination )
  gravestone
  millstone
1. something that resembles a stone
2. ( in combination )
  hailstone
the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp
any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date
stone a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms
Also calledgranite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling
pathol a nontechnical name for calculus
printing a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table
rare.
(in certain games) a piece or man
1. any of various dull grey colours
2. ( as adjective )
  stone paint
modifier relating to or made of stone
a stone house
modifier made of stoneware
a stone jar
cast a stone at
cast aspersions upon
heart of stone
an obdurate or unemotional nature
leave no stone unturned
to do everything possible to achieve an end

adverb

in combination completely
stone-cold
stone-dead

verb

to throw stones at, esp to kill
to remove the stones from
to furnish or provide with stones
stone the crows slang.
an expression of surprise, dismay, etc

stone-

prefix

very; completely
stone-blind
stone-cold

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Derived Forms

ˈstonelessness, noun
ˈstoneˌlike, adjective
ˈstonable, adjective
ˈstoneless, adjective

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Other Words From

ston·a·ble stone·a·ble adjective
stone·less adjective
stone·less·ness noun
stone·like adjective
un·ston·a·ble un·stone·a·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stone¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English noun stan, sto(o)n, Old English stān; cognate with Dutch steen, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains; akin to Greek stī́a “pebble,” Latin stīria “icicle”; the verb, adjective, and adverb are derivative of the noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stone¹

Old English stān; related to Old Saxon stēn, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebble

Origin of stone²

from stone in the sense of "like a stone"

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer; be hasty in one's judgment:
What right has she to cast the first stone?
leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal; spare no effort:
We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit.
set in stone, to put (something) in final form; finalize so as to prevent change or reversal: Also set / cast in concrete.
These schematics for the library renovation are only proposals—nothing yet is set in stone.

More idioms and phrases containing stone

cast in stone
cast the first stone
flat (stone) broke
heart of stone
leave no stone unturned
rolling stone gathers no moss
run into a stone wall

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Example Sentences

But they want someone fully committed to the job and not treating the governorship as a stepping stone to the White House.

From Los Angeles Times

The Paiute-Shoshone Indians later chipped away at the red pumice stone, which exposed the lighter rock minerals underneath, according to the Bureau of Land Management.

From Los Angeles Times

There is shock here that a member of this community has been shot and killed at a home on a very ordinary street, just a stone's throw away from Talbot Green's popular out-of-town retail park.

From BBC

Small stones have been cast into the mix, creating a rough, uneven color and texture.

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"The memory stones - it's so special - they just brought something back," she said.

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