stone
/stəʊ̯n/
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material; A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble; A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond
- plural
- stone
Meanings
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A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material
He picked up a stone.
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Help me move this stone.
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A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble
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A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond
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A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as strare
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The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layerrare
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A hard, stone-like depositrare
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A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and gorare
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A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stonesrare
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A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the icerare
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A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstonerare