stone

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stone

A child skips a flat stone across the surface of a calm lake.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A hard, solid, non-metallic mineral material: A naturally occurring substance forming part of the earth's crust, often used as a building material.
    • A small piece of rock: A fragment or a single piece of this material, typically of a size that can be thrown or held.
    • A gem or jewel: A precious or semi-precious stone, especially one cut and polished for use in jewelry.
    • The hard central seed of some fruits: The hard, inedible part inside fruits like peaches, plums, or cherries; a pit.
    • A unit of weight: A British unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (approximately 6.35 kilograms), used especially for measuring human body weight.
    • A lack of feeling or emotion: Used metaphorically to describe a hard, unfeeling, or unyielding nature.
    • A medical concretion: A hard, abnormal mass formed in the body, such as a kidney stone or gallstone.

  2. Verb:

    • To throw stones at someone or something: To pelt with stones as a form of attack or punishment.
    • To remove the stone (pit) from a fruit: To take the hard seed out of a fruit.

  3. Adjective:

    • Made of or resembling stone: Constructed from or having the qualities of stone.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The ancient temple was built of solid stone.
    • He picked up a smooth stone from the riverbank.
    • She wore a beautiful ring with a blue stone.
    • Be careful not to swallow the stone in the plum.
    • He lost over a stone in weight after his diet.
    • Her expression was cold, her heart a stone.

  • Verb:

    • The angry mob threatened to stone the criminal.
    • Can you help me stone these cherries for the pie?

  • Adjective:

    • They lived in a stone cottage by the lake.
Advanced Usage

  • "A heart of stone": A metaphorical idiom describing a person who is very cold, unfeeling, or without compassion.

    • The cruel landlord seemed to have a heart of stone.

  • "Leave no stone unturned": An idiom meaning to try every possible course of action in order to achieve something.

    • The detectives left no stone unturned in their search for the truth.

  • "Kill two birds with one stone": An idiom meaning to achieve two objectives with a single action.

    • By cycling to work, I get exercise and save money on transport—I kill two birds with one stone.
Variants and Related Words

  • Stony (adj): Resembling or full of stones; also, cold and unfeeling.

    • The stony path was difficult to walk on.
    • He gave me a stony look.

  • Stoneware (n): A type of very hard, non-porous pottery made from clay and stone.

    • We ate from handmade stoneware plates.
Synonyms
  • Rock: A large mass of stone or a similar hard mineral matter.
  • Pebble: A small, smooth, rounded stone.
  • Gem / Jewel: A precious or ornamental stone.
  • Pit: The hard seed inside a fruit (synonymous with 'stone' in this context).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Stone for (archaic/idiomatic): To provide with stones or to pelt. (Note: This is not a common phrasal verb in modern English; the verb 'stone' is typically used transitively without a particle in this sense).
Related Idioms

  • "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones": A proverb meaning you should not criticize others for faults that you yourself possess.

    • He's always complaining about laziness, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

  • "Set in stone": Fixed, permanent, and unchangeable.

    • The schedule isn't set in stone yet; we can still make adjustments.

  • "Rolling stone gathers no moss": A proverb suggesting that a person who does not settle in one place avoids responsibilities but also fails to accumulate wealth, status, or connections.

stone

A child skips a flat stone across the surface of a calm lake.

Adjective
  1. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
Verb
  1. remove the pits from
    • pit plums and cherries
  2. kill by throwing stones at
    • People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
Noun
  1. a lack of feeling or expression or movement
    • he must have a heart of stone
    • her face was as hard as stone
  2. United States architect (1902-1978)
  3. United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
  4. United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
  5. United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
  6. United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
  7. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
  8. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
    • you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
  9. 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
  10. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
    • he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
    • she had jewels made of all the rarest stones
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
    • he threw a rock at me

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