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(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
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A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
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A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ? 6.3503 kilograms
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(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
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(obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
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(obsolete) A testicle.
(dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.
To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
(slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
Constructed of stone.
Having the appearance of stone.
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
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As a stone (used with following adjective).
(slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).
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In obsolete terms the difference between stone and feet
is that stone is a testicle while feet is fact; performance; feat.As nouns the difference between stone and feet
is that stone is a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks while feet is irregular plural of foot.As a verb stone
is to pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.As an adjective stone
is constructed of stone.As an adverb stone
is as a stone used with following adjective.As a proper noun Stone
is {{surname}.stone
English
(wikipedia stone)Noun
(see usage notes)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- inestimable stones , unvalued jewels
- Should some relenting eye / Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie.
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- Lend me a looking-glass; / If that her breath will mist or stain the stone , / Why, then she lives.
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Usage notes
All countable senses use the plural stones'' except the British unit of mass, which uses the invariant plural ''stone .Synonyms
* (substance) rock * (small piece of stone) pebble * (hard stone-like deposit) calculus * (curling piece) rockDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun) * birthstone * brownstone * cast the first stone * cobblestone * cornerstone * foundation stone * gemstone * gravestone * hailstone * headstone * keystone * limestone * lodestone * markstone * milestone * moonstone * oilstone * sandstone * sink like a stone * Smithfield stone * soapstone * stepping stone * stone frigate * stone wall * touchstone * turn to stone * whetstoneVerb
(ston)- She got stoned to death after they found her.
Synonyms
* (pelt with stones) lapidateAdjective
(-)- stone walls
- stone pot
- She is one stone fox.
Adverb
(-)- My father is stone''' deaf. This soup is '''stone cold.
- I went stone crazy after she left.
Derived terms
* stone cold * stone dead * stone deafDerived terms
(terms derived from "stone") * Bath stone * birthstone * Black Stone * Blarney Stone * bluestone * bondstone * cast the first stone * china stone * cinnamon stone * cobblestone * cornerstone * curling stone * dolostone * dripstone * dry-stone * eolith * fieldstone * flagstone * footstone * foundation stone * freestone * gallstone * gravestone * grindstone * hard as stone * headstone * heathstone * keystone * kidney stone * kill two birds with one stone * leave no stone unturned * lodestone * milestone * oilstone * paving stone * Philosopher's Stone, Philosophers' Stone * pipestone * pizza stone * precious stone * pudding stone * rhinestone * rolling stone * Rosetta Stone * soapstone * standing stone * stepping stone * Stone Age * stone bass * stone boat * stone butch * stone cold * stone crab * stone curlew * stone dead * stone deaf * stone femme * stone fruit * stone hands * stone lily * stone marten * stone mint * stone parsley * stone pine * stone pit * stone shoot * stone the crows * stone-blind * stonebreaker * stone-broke * stonecast * stonechat * stone-cold * stonecrop * stonecutter * stoned * stone-dead * stone-deaf * stone-faced * stonefish * stonefly * stoneground * stone-ground * stonehearted * Stonehenge * stoneless * stonemason * stoner * stoneroller * stone's throw * stonewall * stonewall * stonewaller * stoneware * stonewashed * stonework * stonewort * stoneyard * throw stones * touchstone * whetstone * whinstoneSee also
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(head)citation, passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}