English dictionary
stone
adjectivePronunciation
stəʊn
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
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
noun
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
noun
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
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
noun
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
noun
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
noun
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
verb
- remove the pits from
verb
- kill by throwing stones at
Example sentences
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