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Definitions for Stone

[1] the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
[2] a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.
[3] a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone.
[4] a small piece of rock, as a pebble.
[5] precious stone.
[6] Chiefly British . one of various units of weight, especially the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
[7] something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
[8] any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.
[9] Botany . the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
[10] Pathology . a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder. a disease arising from such a concretion.
[11] a gravestone or tombstone.
[12] a grindstone.
[13] a millstone.
[14] a hailstone.
[15] Building Trades . any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
[16] Printing . a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
[17] (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.
[18] a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.
[19] Usually stones . testes.
[20] made of or pertaining to stone.
[21] made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle.
[22] stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength.
[23] completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold.
[24] to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones.
[25] to put to death by pelting with stones.
[26] to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.
[27] to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
[28] to remove stones from, as fruit.
[29] Obsolete . to make insensitive or unfeeling.
[30] 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?
[31] 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.
[32] Edward Du·rell [doo -rel , dyoo -] /dʊˈrɛl, dyʊ-/ , 1902–78, U.S. architect.
[33] Har·lan Fiske [hahr -luh  n] /ˈhɑr lən/ , 1872–1946, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1941–46.
[34] Irving, 1903–1989, U.S. author.
[35] I(sidor) F(ein·stein) [fahyn -stahyn] /ˈfaɪn staɪn/ , Izzy , 1907–1989, U.S. political journalist.
[36] Lucy, 1818–93, U.S. suffragist (wife of Henry Brown Blackwell).
[37] the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are made Related adjective: lithic
[38] a small lump of rock; pebble
[39] jewellery short for gemstone
[40] a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose (in combination ) gravestone ; millstone
[41] something that resembles a stone (in combination ) hailstone
[42] the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp
[43] any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date
[44] plural stone British a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms
[45] Also called: granite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling
[46] pathol a nontechnical name for calculus
[47] printing a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table
[48] rare (in certain games) a piece or man
[49] any of various dull grey colours (as adjective ) stone paint
[50] (modifier) relating to or made of stone a stone house
[51] (modifier) made of stoneware a stone jar
[52] cast a stone at cast aspersions upon
[53] heart of stone an obdurate or unemotional nature
[54] leave no stone unturned to do everything possible to achieve an end
[55] (in combination) completely stone-cold ; stone-dead
[56] to throw stones at, esp to kill
[57] to remove the stones from
[58] to furnish or provide with stones
[59] stone the crows British and Australian slang an expression of surprise, dismay, etc
[60] Oliver. born 1946, US film director and screenwriter: his films include Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), Nixon (1995), Alexander (2004), and World Trade Center (2006)
[61] Sharon. born 1958, US film actress: her films include Basic Instinct (1991), Casino (1995), and Cold Creek Manor (2003)

Words related to Stone

metal, crystal, grain, rock, gravel, gem, mineral, pebble, jewel, masonry, ore, boulder, crag, stonework

Words nearby Stone

stomodaeum, stomodeum, stomp, stomper, stompie, stone, stone age, stone axe, stone bass, stone boiling, stone bramble

Origin of Stone

before 900; (noun) Middle English stan, sto(o)n, Old English stān; cognate with Dutch steen, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains; akin to Greek stī́a pebble, Latin stīria icicle; (v.) Middle English stanen, stonen, derivative of the noun; (adj. and adv.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

Words that may be confused with Stone

boulder, cobblestone, granule, pebble, rock, stone

Other words from Stone

ston·a·ble , stone·a·ble , adjective
stone·less , adjective
stone·less·ness , noun
stone·like , adjective
un·ston·a·ble , adjective
un·stone·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Stone

Old English stān; related to Old Saxon stēn, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebble

Synonyms for Stone

crystal, gem, grain, gravel, metal, mineral, pebble, rock, boulder, crag, jewel, masonry, ore, stonework