Stone Meaning and Definition

Word: Stone

How to pronounce: stəʊn

Noun

Definitions:

1. Hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material.

Example sentences: "The houses are built of stone"

2. A piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation.

Example sentences: "A memorial stone"

3. A hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.

Example sentences: "The ‘ricin factory’ consisted of castor oil, cherry stones and apple seeds, and some handwritten recipes for ricin."

4. A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg)

Example sentences: "I weighed 10 stone"

5. A natural shade of whitish-gray or brownish-gray.

Example sentences: "Stone stretch trousers"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Throw stones at.

Example sentences: "Policemen were stoned by the crowd"

2. Remove the stone from (a fruit)

Example sentences: "Halve, stone, and peel the avocados"

3. Build, face, or pave with stone.

Example sentences: "The honey-stoned, eighteenth-century city"

Synonyms:

rock

pebble

calculus

birthstone

pit

headstone

gem

gemstone

masonry

brick

lithic

oliver stone

Derivations:

stony

stoning

stonework

stonily

stoned

stoneware

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Stone in Other Languages...

Spanish: Piedra

German: Stein

French: Pierre

Italian: Pietra

Turkish: Taş