STONE

/stɐʉn/ ► audio Scrabble 5 Words With Friends 6

Definition

  1. adjective of any of various dull tannish or grey colors.
  2. verb kill by throwing stones at. — synonyms: lapidate
  3. verb remove the pits from. — synonyms: pit
  4. noun a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. — synonyms: rock
  5. noun building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose.
  6. noun material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. — synonyms: rock
  7. noun a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry. — synonyms: gem, gemstone
  8. noun an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body.
  9. 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. — synonyms: pit, endocarp
  10. noun United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946). — synonyms: Harlan_Stone, Harlan_F._Stone, Harlan_Fisk_Stone
  11. noun United States filmmaker (born in 1946). — synonyms: Oliver_Stone
  12. noun United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893). — synonyms: Lucy_Stone
  13. noun United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989). — synonyms: I._F._Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone
  14. noun United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946). — synonyms: Harlan_Fiske_Stone
  15. noun United States architect (1902-1978). — synonyms: Edward_Durell_Stone
  16. noun a lack of feeling or expression or movement.

Examples

  • “a peach stone”
  • “kidney stone”
  • “She got stoned to death after they found her.”

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