ALL meanings of stone
stone
S s - noun stone rock 1
- noun stone pebble 1
- noun stone huge rock 1
- noun stone building material 1
- noun stone precious gem 1
- noun stone pit: fruit seed 1
- noun stone weight: 14 lb 1
- noun stone tombstone 1
- noun stone hailstone 1
- noun stone gallstone 1
- transitive verb stone throw rocks at 1
- noun plural stone the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist. 1
- noun plural stone a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate. 1
- noun plural stone a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone. 1
- noun plural stone a small piece of rock, as a pebble. 1
- noun plural stone precious stone. 1
- noun plural stone Chiefly British. one of various units of weight, especially the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg). 1
- noun plural stone something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness. 1
- noun Technical meaning of stone A Structured and Open Environment: a project supported by the German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) to design, implement and distribute a SEE for research and teaching. 1
- noun plural stone any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit. 1
- noun plural stone Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach. 1
- noun plural stone Pathology. a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder. a disease arising from such a concretion. 1
- noun plural stone a gravestone or tombstone. 1
- noun plural stone a grindstone. 1
- noun plural stone a millstone. 1
- noun plural stone a hailstone. 1
- noun plural stone Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble. 1
- noun plural stone Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed. 1
- noun plural stone (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made. 1
- noun plural stone a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon. 1
- noun plural stone Usually, stones. testes. 1
- adjective stone made of or pertaining to stone. 1
- adjective stone made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle. 1
- adjective stone stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength. 1
- adverb stone completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold. 1
- verb with object stone to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones. 1
- verb with object stone to put to death by pelting with stones. 1
- verb with object stone to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones. 1
- verb with object stone to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth. 1
- verb with object stone to remove stones from, as fruit. 1
- verb with object stone Obsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling. 1
- idioms stone cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer; be hasty in one's judgment: What right has she to cast the first stone? 1
- idioms stone leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal; spare no effort: We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit. 1
- noun stone Edward Durell [doo-rel,, dyoo-] /dʊˈrɛl,, dyʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1902–78, U.S. architect. 1
- noun stone Harlan Fiske [hahr-luh n] /ˈhɑr lən/ (Show IPA), 1872–1946, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1941–46. 1
- noun stone Irving, 1903–1989, U.S. author. 1
- noun stone I(sidor) F(einstein) [fahyn-stahyn] /ˈfaɪn staɪn/ (Show IPA), ("Izzy") 1907–1989, U.S. political journalist. 1
- noun stone Lucy, 1818–93, U.S. suffragist (wife of Henry Brown Blackwell). 1
- variable noun stone Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses. 0
- countable noun stone A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground. 0