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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).
As nouns the difference between stone and stonk
is that stone is a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks while stonk is a heavy artillery bombardment.As verbs the difference between stone and stonk
is that stone is to pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones while stonk is to unleash such a bombardment.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.