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stone
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
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adjective
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
noun
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
“he wanted a special stone to mark the site”
noun
a lack of feeling or expression or movement
“he must have a heart of stone”
noun
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
“he threw a rock at me”
noun
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
“you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking”
noun
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
“a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone”
noun
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
“that mountain is solid rock”
noun
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
“he had the gem set in a ring for his wife”
verb
remove the pits from
“pit plums and cherries”
verb
kill by throwing stones at
“People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock”
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he wanted a special stone to mark the site
he must have a heart of stone
her face was as hard as stone
he threw a rock at me
you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone
that mountain is solid rock
stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
she had jewels made of all the rarest stones
pit plums and cherries
People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
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