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[stohn] ,noun, plural stones for 1–5, 7–19, stone for 6, adjective, adverb, verb, stoned, ston·ing. noun
1.
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
2.
a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.
3.
a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone.
4.
EXPANDa small piece of rock, as a pebble.
6.
one of various units of weight, especially the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
7.
something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
8.
any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.
9.
Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
10.
Pathology.
a.
b.
a disease arising from such a concretion.
11.
a gravestone or tombstone.
12.
a grindstone.
13.
a millstone.
14.
a hailstone.
15.
Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
16.
Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
17.
(in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.
18.
a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.
19.
COLLAPSEUsually, stones. testes.
adjective
20.
made of or pertaining to stone.
21.
made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle.
22.
stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength.
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Stoneless
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
adverb
23.
completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold.
verb (used with object)
Idioms24.
to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones.
25.
to put to death by pelting with stones.
26.
to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.
27.
to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
28.
EXPANDto remove stones from, as fruit.
29.
COLLAPSEObsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling.
30.
cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer; be hasty in one's judgment: What right has she to cast the first stone?
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English stan, sto(o)n, Old English stān; cognate with Dutch steen, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains; akin to Greek stī́a pebble, Latin stīria icicle; (v.) Middle English stanen, stonen, derivative of the noun; (adj. and adv.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English stan, sto(o)n, Old English stān; cognate with Dutch steen, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains; akin to Greek stī́a pebble, Latin stīria icicle; (v.) Middle English stanen, stonen, derivative of the noun; (adj. and adv.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
Related forms
ston·a·ble, stone·a·ble, adjective
stone·less, adjective
stone·less·ness, noun
stone·like, adjective
ston·er, noun
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| stone (stəʊn) | |
| —n , stone | |
| 1. | the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are madeRelated: lithic |
| 2. | a small lump of rock; pebble |
| 3. | jewellery short for gemstone |
| 4. | a. a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose |
| b. (in combination): gravestone; millstone | |
| 5. | a. something that resembles a stone |
| b. (in combination): hailstone | |
| 6. | the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp |
| 7. | any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date |
| 8. | (Brit) a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms |
| 9. | Also called: granite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling |
| 10. | pathol a nontechnical name for calculus |
| 11. | printing a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table |
| 12. | rare (in certain games) a piece or man |
| 13. | a. any of various dull grey colours |
| b. (as adjective): stone paint | |
| 14. | (modifier) relating to or made of stone: a stone house |
| 15. | (modifier) made of stoneware: a stone jar |
| 16. | cast a stone at cast aspersions upon |
| 17. | heart of stone an obdurate or unemotional nature |
| 18. | leave no stone unturned to do everything possible to achieve an end |
| —adv | |
| 19. | (in combination) completely: stone-cold; stone-dead |
| —vb | |
| 20. | to throw stones at, esp to kill |
| 21. | to remove the stones from |
| 22. | to furnish or provide with stones |
| 23. | slang (Brit), (Austral) stone the crows an expression of surprise, dismay, etc |
| Related: lithic | |
| [Old English stān; related to Old Saxon stēn, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebble] | |
| 'stonable | |
| —adj | |
| 'stoneable | |
| —adj | |
| 'stoneless | |
| —adj | |
| 'stonelessness | |
| —n | |
| 'stonelike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
stone
c.1200, "to pelt with stones," from stone (n.). Stoned "drunk, intoxicated with narcotics" is 1930s slang; stoner "stuporous person" is from 1960s.
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Medical Dictionary
stone (stōn)
n.
See calculus.
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Science Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
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