Stone

Quick meaning: Stone is a noun meaning (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

Meaning

(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

More Meanings

1. (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
2. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
3. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
4. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
5. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
6. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
7. (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.

Example Sentences

[…]Ineſtimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…]

British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.

Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i’th’ charmed pot.

The first day of the weeke, commeth Mary Magdalene earely when it was yet darke, vnto the Sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the Sepulchre.

Word Forms

• stones
• stoning
• stoned

Synonyms for stone

Depending on context, synonyms include rock, pebble, petra, pip, pit, lapidate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rock, gemstone, gem, pit, hailstone, chromatic.

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