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stone adjective

: of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone noun

: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

: a lack of feeling or expression or movement

stone verb

: kill by throwing stones at

: remove the pits from


  • Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
  • Who threw a stone at my dog?
  • The road is blocked by stones fallen from a nearby rock.
  • I found a stone shaped like a heart.
  • That way we kill two birds with one stone.
  • In water, wood will float and stone will sink.
  • He threw a stone at the dog.
  • What kind of stone is this?
  • He tried in vain to lift up the stone.
  • The drug gave me kidney stones.
  • This stone is twice as heavy as that one.
  • The house is made of stone.
  • He threw a stone into the pond.
  • I had a kidney stone.
  • Please move this stone from here to there.
  • I threw a stone at the bird.
  • The future isn't written in stone.
  • He tripped over a stone.
  • Constant dripping wears away a stone.
  • Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
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