
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