Definition of
Stone
- (noun, object) a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- (noun, artifact) building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- (noun, substance) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries - (noun, substance) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
she had jewels made of all the rarest stones - (noun, quantity) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- (noun, plant) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- (noun, person) United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
- (noun, person) United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
- (noun, person) United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
- (noun, person) United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
- (noun, person) United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
- (noun, person) United States architect (1902-1978)
- (noun, attribute) a lack of feeling or expression or movement
her face was as hard as stone - (verb, contact) kill by throwing stones at
- (verb, change) remove the pits from
- (adj, all) of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Stone
edward durell stone, endocarp, gem, gemstone, harlan f. stone, harlan fisk stone, harlan fiske stone, harlan stone, i. f. stone, isidor feinstein stone, lapidate, lucy stone, oliver stone, pit, rock
Alternate forms of Stone
Derivations: stone, stoner, stoning, stony
Hyponyms: achondrite, aphanite, ashlar, bedrock, boulder, bowlder, cabochon, calc-tufa, calculus, caliche, capstone, cherry stone, chondrite, clastic rock, claystone, concretion, conglomerate, copestone, coping stone, cornerstone, crushed rock, crystal, crystallization, dolomite, emery rock, emery stone, fieldstone, foundation stone, gravel, gravestone, greisen, grindstone, headstone, hearthstone, igneous rock, impost, intrusion, limestone, magma, marble, matrix, metamorphic rock, millstone, monolith, opaque gem, outcrop, outcropping, paving stone, peach pit, pebble, petrifaction, pudding stone, pumice, pumice stone, quartzite, road metal, rock outcrop, sedimentary rock, shingling, sial, sill, sima, springer, stela, stele, stepping stone, stretcher, tombstone, tor, transparent gem, tufa, wall rock, whetstone, whin, whinstone, xenolith
Hypernyms: avoirdupois unit, building material, chilliness, coldness, coolness, crystal, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, kill, material, natural object, pericarp, remove, seed vessel, stuff, take, take away, withdraw
Origin of the word Stone
- O.E. stan, used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from P.Gmc. *stainaz (cf. O.N. steinn, Dan. steen, O.H.G., Ger. stein, Goth. stains), from PIE *stai- "stone," also "to thicken, stiffen" (cf. Skt. styayate "curdles, becomes hard;" Avestan stay- "heap;" Gk. stear "fat, … more
- intensifying adj., 1935, first recorded in black slang, probably from earlier use in phrases like stone blind (late 14c., lit. "blind as a stone"), stone deaf, etc., from stone (n.). Stone cold sober dates from 1937. more
- c.1200, "to pelt with stones," from stone (n.). Stoned "drunk, intoxicated with narcotics" is 1930s slang; stoner "stuporous person" is from 1960s. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Stone
saddam, sadden, sag down, sao tome, saskatoon, satan, sateen, satiation, satin, satiny, schizothymia, scotoma, scythian, seaside mahoe, section, section man, sedan, sedation, sedition, sedna, sedum, seed money, seedman, seedtime, seek time, set down, set in, set on, seton, sewage system, sex kitten, sexton, shaitan, shakedown, shastan, shaytan, sheikdom, sheikhdom, shittim, shodden, shoot down, shoot-down, shout down, show time, showdown, showtime, shut down, shut in, shut-in, shutdown, si system, sidney, sidon, sit down, sit in, sit-down, sit-in, situation
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