• Noun

    the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
    a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.
    a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose
    paving stone; building stone.
    a small piece of rock, as a pebble.
    precious stone.
    one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
    something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
    any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.
    Botany . the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
    Pathology .
    a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder.
    a disease arising from such a concretion.
    a gravestone or tombstone.
    a grindstone.
    a millstone.
    a hailstone.
    Building Trades . any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
    Printing . a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
    (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.
    a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.
    Usually, stones. testes.

    Adjective

    made of or pertaining to stone.
    made of stoneware
    a stone mug or bottle.
    stonelike; stony; obdurate
    a stone killer; stone strength.

    Adverb

    completely; totally (usually used in combination)
    stone cold.

    Verb (used with object)

    to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones.
    to put to death by pelting with stones.
    to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.
    to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
    to remove stones from, as fruit.
    Obsolete . to make insensitive or unfeeling. ?

    Idioms

    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?
    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.

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