[stohn] 
,noun, plural stones for 1–5, 7–19, stone for 6, adjective, adverb, verb, stoned, ston⋅ing.| 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. | a small piece of rock, as a pebble. |
| 5. | precious stone. |
| 6. | one of various units of weight, esp. 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.
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| 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. | Usually, stones. testes. |
| 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. |
| 23. | completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold. |
| 24. | 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. | to remove stones from, as fruit. |
| 29. | Obsolete. 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? |
| 31. | leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal; spare no effort: We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit. |
a pebble, L stīria icicle; (v.) ME stanen, stonen, deriv. of the n.; (adj. and adv.) ME, deriv. of the n.
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stone (stōn)
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stone (stōn) Pronunciation Key
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