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stone
(st/oU/n )

noun (n)

  • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    rock
    source: wordnet30
  • building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He wanted a special stone to mark the site.
    source: wordnet30
  • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust(noun.substance)
    Example:
    Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries.
    source: wordnet30
  • a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry(noun.substance)
    Example:
    She had jewels made of all the rarest stones.
    Synonym:
    gem, gemstone
    source: wordnet30
  • an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    A heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone.
    source: wordnet30
  • the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed(noun.plant)
    Example:
    You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking.
    Synonym:
    endocarp, pit
    source: wordnet30
  • United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    harlan f. stone, harlan fisk stone, harlan stone
    source: wordnet30
  • United States filmmaker (born in 1946)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    oliver stone
    source: wordnet30
  • United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    lucy stone
    source: wordnet30
  • United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    i. f. stone, isidor feinstein stone
    source: wordnet30
  • United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    harlan fiske stone
    source: wordnet30
  • United States architect (1902-1978)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    edward durell stone
    source: wordnet30
  • a lack of feeling or expression or movement(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    He must have a heart of stone.
    Her face was as hard as stone.
    source: wordnet30
  • Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of any of various dull tannish or grey colors(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • kill by throwing stones at(verb.contact)
    Example:
    People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock.
    Synonym:
    lapidate
    source: wordnet30
  • remove the pits from(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    pit
    source: wordnet30
  • To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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