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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   • ▪ a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games such as backgammon.
   • ▪ a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and later usually of metal, on which pages of type were made up.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

   Scrabble Points: 5

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stoneStone Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of STONE is a concretion of earthy or mineral matter. How to use stone in a sentence.

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   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.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTONE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms, used especially when talking about a person's weight: I weigh ten and a half stone. put on/lose a stoneShe has put on/ lost a stone (= is a stone heavier / lighter). More examplesFewer examples. I want to lose a stone before Christmas.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › stoneStone - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   noun. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. “ stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries” synonyms: rock. see more. noun. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry. “she had jewels made of all the rarest stones ” synonyms: gem, gemstone. see more. noun.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTONE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder. He had kidney stones. The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it. If you stone a fruit, you remove its stone.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishstone noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   [uncountable] (often used before nouns or in compounds) a hard solid mineral substance that is found in the ground, often used for building. Most of the houses are built of stone. stone walls. a stone floor/bridge/carving/pillar/slab. a brick and stone building. a flight of stone steps. a huge block of stone.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSTONE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   STONE definition: 1. a hard, natural substance that is found in the ground: 2. a small rock or piece of rock 3. a…. Learn more.