Stone

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.
  • noun. Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination.
  • noun. A small piece of rock.
  • noun. Rock or a piece of rock shaped or finished for a particular purpose, especially.
  • noun. A piece of rock that is used in construction.
  • noun. A gravestone or tombstone.
  • noun. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.
  • noun. A milestone or boundary.
  • noun. A gem or precious stone.
  • noun. Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.
  • noun. The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.
  • noun. A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.
  • noun. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).
  • noun. A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.
  • adjective. Relating to or made of stone.
  • adjective. Made of stoneware or earthenware.
  • adjective. Complete; utter. Often used in combination.
  • adverb. Completely; utterly.
  • transitive verb. To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.
  • transitive verb. To remove the stones or pits from.
  • transitive verb. To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.
  • transitive verb. To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.
  • transitive verb. To block a shot taken by (an opponent). Used of a goalie.
  • transitive verb. To make hard or indifferent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An imitation atone made up of red, yellow, blue, and green glass in small particles, which is cut in brilliant form and extensively sold by Armenian and Syrian dealers.
  • noun. A piece of rock of small or moderate size.
  • noun. The hard material of which rock consists: in contradistinction to metal, wood, etc.
  • noun. A piece of rock of a determined size, shape, or quality, or used for a defined purpose: as, a grindstone; a hearthstone; an altar-stone.
  • noun. A gravestone; a monument or memorial tablet.
  • noun. A millstone.
  • noun. Iu printing, an imposing-stone.
  • noun. In glass manufacturing, a fiattening-stone.
  • noun. A precious stone; a gem. See precious.
  • noun. A small, hard, rounded object resembling a stone or pebble: as, a hail-stone; a gall-stone; an ear-stone.
  • noun. The glass of a mirror; a mirror of crystal.
  • noun. A common measure of weight in use throughout the northwest and central countries of Europe, but varying much in different countries.
  • noun. Synonyms and
  • noun. See rock.
  • Made of stone: as, a stone house; a stone wall.
  • Made of stoneware: as, a stone jar; a stone mug.
  • To throw stones at; pelt with stones.
  • To make like stone; harden.
  • To free from stones, as fruit.
  • To provide or fit with stones, as by lining, walling, or facing: as, to stone a well or a road.
  • In leather manufacturing, to work (the leather) with a stock-stone to reduce it to uniform thickness, stretch it, and make it smooth-grained.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
  • transitive verb. To make like stone; to harden.
  • transitive verb. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of.
  • transitive verb. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones.
  • Word Usage
    "It isn't a woman; It's a blight upon the sex: A freak: It's _stone_, and when lightning strikes stone something bursts to smithereens."
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