ALL meanings of stones
stone
S s - noun plural stones the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist. 1
- noun plural stones a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate. 1
- noun plural stones a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone. 1
- noun plural stones a small piece of rock, as a pebble. 1
- noun plural stones precious stone. 1
- noun plural stones Chiefly British. one of various units of weight, especially the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg). 1
- noun plural stones something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness. 1
- noun plural stones any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit. 1
- noun plural stones Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach. 1
- noun plural stones 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 stones a gravestone or tombstone. 1
- noun plural stones a grindstone. 1
- noun plural stones a millstone. 1
- noun plural stones a hailstone. 1
- noun plural stones Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble. 1
- noun plural stones Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed. 1
- noun plural stones (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made. 1
- noun plural stones a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon. 1
- noun plural stones Usually, stones. testes. 1
- adjective stones made of or pertaining to stone. 1
- adjective stones made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle. 1
- adjective stones stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength. 1
- adverb stones completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold. 1
- verb with object stones to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones. 1
- verb with object stones to put to death by pelting with stones. 1
- verb with object stones to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones. 1
- verb with object stones to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth. 1
- verb with object stones to remove stones from, as fruit. 1
- verb with object stones Obsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling. 1
- idioms stones 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 stones 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