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stone meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of stone at MeaningMonkey.org. stone meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.STONE noun
Definition of stone (noun)
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- "he threw a rock at me"
- synonyms: rock
- 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"
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
- synonyms: rock
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- 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"
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
- synonyms: Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone, Harlan Stone
- United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
- synonyms: Oliver Stone
- United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
- synonyms: Lucy Stone
- United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
- synonyms: I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone
- United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
- synonyms: Harlan Fiske Stone
- United States architect (1902-1978)
- synonyms: Edward Durell Stone
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
STONE verb
Definition of stone (verb)
- kill by throwing stones at
- "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
- synonyms: lapidate
- remove the pits from
- "pit plums and cherries"
- synonyms: pit
STONE adjective
Definition of stone (adjective)
- of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
Source: Princeton University Wordnet