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As nouns the difference between stone and tonne

is that stone is a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks while tonne is a metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t.

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)
  • (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
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  • , title= 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.}}
  • A small piece of stone, a pebble.
  • A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  • * Shakespeare
  • inestimable stones , unvalued jewels
  • A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ? 6.3503 kilograms
  • * Stone Mac Donald is ready, are you
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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.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Should some relenting eye / Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie.
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  • (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Lend me a looking-glass; / If that her breath will mist or stain the stone , / Why, then she lives.
  • (obsolete) A testicle.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (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.
  • 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) rock

    Derived 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 * whetstone

    Verb

    (ston)
  • To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
  • She got stoned to death after they found her.
  • 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)
  • Synonyms

    * (pelt with stones) lapidate

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Constructed of stone.
  • stone walls
  • Having the appearance of stone.
  • stone pot
  • Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  • (AAVE) (Used as an intensifier).
  • She is one stone fox.
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  • Adverb

    (-)
  • As a stone (used with following adjective).
  • My father is stone''' deaf. This soup is '''stone cold.
  • (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).
  • I went stone crazy after she left.

    Derived terms

    * stone cold * stone dead * stone deaf

    Derived 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 * whinstone

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    tonne

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t
  • (colloquial, darts) A score of .
  • Usage notes

  • A tonne (about 2204.6 pounds) is not exactly the same as a long ton (2240 pounds). Because "ton" and "tonne" usually have the same pronunciation, the phrase "metric ton" is frequently used for "tonne" where disambiguation is required.
  • In the 1970s the British steel industry promoted the pronunciation /?t?n?/ to help avoid confusion. The pronunciation /t?n/ has also been used for the same reason.
  • * 1971 . Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Archtects , page 215, volume 113, 1971
  • The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry. It may be as well to use the pronunciation 'tunnie' until the risk of confusion with the old ton has passed.
  • * 1972 , Which , May 1972
  • The British Steel Corporation, going metric but realising the possible confusion between a ton and a tonne (1,000 kilograms) has directed its staff to pronounce ‘tonne’ ‘tunnie’.
  • * 2002 , Richard Chapman, Physics for Geologists , page 138, CRC Press, 2002 ISBN 0415288053
  • The tonne'' rhymes with ''con'' (perhaps not in North America!) to distinguish it from the non-SI unit of weight, the ''ton'' rhyming with ''bun .

    Synonyms

    * metric ton * megagram

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