Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.
- noun Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination.
- noun A small piece of rock.
- noun Rock or a piece of rock shaped or finished for a particular purpose, especially.
- noun A piece of rock that is used in construction.
- noun A gravestone or tombstone.
- noun A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.
- noun A milestone or boundary.
- noun A gem or precious stone.
- noun Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.
- noun Botany The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.
- noun Medicine A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.
- noun A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).
- noun Printing A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.
- adjective Relating to or made of stone.
- adjective Made of stoneware or earthenware.
- adjective Complete; utter. Often used in combination.
- adverb Completely; utterly.
- transitive verb To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.
- transitive verb To remove the stones or pits from.
- transitive verb To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.
- transitive verb To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.
- transitive verb Sports To block a shot taken by (an opponent). Used of a goalie.
- transitive verb Obsolete To make hard or indifferent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An imitation atone made up of red, yellow, blue, and green glass in small particles, which is cut in brilliant form and extensively sold by Armenian and Syrian dealers.
- noun A piece of rock of small or moderate size.
- noun The hard material of which rock consists: in contradistinction to metal, wood, etc.
- noun A piece of rock of a determined size, shape, or quality, or used for a defined purpose: as, a grindstone; a hearthstone; an altar-stone.
- noun A gravestone; a monument or memorial tablet.
- noun A millstone.
- noun Iu printing, an imposing-stone.
- noun In glass manufacturing, a fiattening-stone.
- noun A precious stone; a gem. See
precious . - noun A small, hard, rounded object resembling a stone or pebble: as, a hail-stone; a gall-stone; an ear-stone.
- noun The glass of a mirror; a mirror of crystal.
- noun A common measure of weight in use throughout the northwest and central countries of Europe, but varying much in different countries.
- noun Synonyms and
- noun See
rock . - Made of stone: as, a stone house; a stone wall.
- Made of stoneware: as, a stone jar; a stone mug.
- To throw stones at; pelt with stones.
- To make like stone; harden.
- To free from stones, as fruit.
- To provide or fit with stones, as by lining, walling, or facing: as, to
stone a well or a road. - In leather manufacturing, to work (the leather) with a stock-stone to reduce it to uniform thickness, stretch it, and make it smooth-grained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
- transitive verb To make like stone; to harden.
- transitive verb To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of.
- transitive verb To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Stone of Foundation is said, for peculiar reasons, to have been of a cubical form, must it be confounded with that stone called by the continental Masons the _cubical stone_ -- the _pierre cubique_ of the
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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Expose the stone to direct sunlight and hold an opaque white card a few inches from the stone, in the direction of the sun, so as to get the bright reflections _from within the stone_ reflected onto the card.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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It isn't a woman; It's a blight upon the sex: A freak: It's _stone_, and when lightning strikes stone something bursts to smithereens.
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_coral stone_, which grows like clustered trees spreading its branches on all sides as is done by real _coral_, to which this stone bears so strong resemblance that it deceives many who are not very skilful respecting the growth and nature of coral.
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Because of that, anything less than a fix literally graven in stone is unacceptable.
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When I started on the project I had my doubts about the idea of a diploma that set in stone from the age of 14 that someone would 'be a designer' - or an actor, a film director, an editor, a radio engineer etc.
Diplomas to become 'the qualification of choice' Jonathan 2007
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When I started on the project I had my doubts about the idea of a diploma that set in stone from the age of 14 that someone would 'be a designer' - or an actor, a film director, an editor, a radio engineer etc.
Archive 2007-10-01 Jonathan 2007
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Attention-grabbing, unashamedly pretentious and arriving later than scheduled, the stone is an apt tribute to one of the most confounding and charismatic figures in British music.
The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010
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Attention-grabbing, unashamedly pretentious and arriving later than scheduled, the stone is an apt tribute to one of the most confounding and charismatic figures in British music.
A fitting headstone for Tony Wilson's grave Dorian Lynskey 2010
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On one side of the stone is the Aztecs 'conqueror Hernan Cortes' hand holding a spear and on the other side the hand of Cuauhetemoc, the last Aztec emperor, holding a sling.
Diego Rivera's monumental stairway mural in Mexico's National Palace, Mexico City, D.F. (1) 2008
vendingmachine commented on the word stone
Yes, paper can be made from stone. From the list tree-free-paper-alternatives
See http://www.viastone.com
July 8, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word stone
Why is the link to my list not working? I used curly braces. I included the list with their original hyphens and then with all hyphens. The result: rhinos with red toenails 404.
July 8, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word stone
Weird. Is it because tree-free-paper-alternatives already contains a hyphen?
July 8, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word stone
Oh! I got it to work just now--but I copied "tree-free-paper-alternatives" from the URL at the top.
July 8, 2015
yarb commented on the word stone
In North American sports reporting, to make a save (from):
"'We have zero points and we're very happy,' said Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, who stoned Grace Geyoro in injury time to keep the game tied."
— cbc.ca, 28/07/24
July 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word stone
Ew, that's terrible. From stonewall maybe? But as I have felt while watching the 'street BMX' at the Olympics recently, sports commentary can often seem like a foreign language for irregular observers.
July 31, 2024
yarb commented on the word stone
I think it must be from stonewall yes. I suspect it's being applied to soccer from some more traditional North American sport like maybe hockey.
August 14, 2024