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Definition stone

Etymology

From Middle English stone, ston, stan, from Old English st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (compare Dutch steen, German Stein, Danish and Swedish sten, Norwegian stein), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?- (“to stiffen”) (compare Russian ?????? (stená, “wall”), Ancient Greek ???? (stía, “pebble”), ????? (stéar, “tallow”), Persian ????‎ (sot?n, “pillar”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit ????????? (sty?yate, “it hardens”)).

Noun

stone (countable and uncountable, plural stones or stone) (see usage notes)

  1. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
  2. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
  3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  4. (Britain, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ? 6.3503 kilograms
  5. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
  6. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
  7. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
  8. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  9. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
  10. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
  11. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
  12. (obsolete) A testicle.
  13. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

Verb

stone (third-person singular simple present stones, present participle stoning, simple past and past participle stoned)

  1. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
  2. (transitive) To wall with stones.
  3. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
  4. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
  5. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
  6. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
  7. (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

Adjective

stone (not comparable)

  1. Constructed of stone.
  2. Having the appearance of stone.
  3. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  4. (African American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
  5. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

Adverb

stone (not comparable)

  1. As a stone (used with following adjective).
  2. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

Results 202 Words with the letters STONE

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7 letter words with the letters STONE 
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4 letter words with the letters STONE 
EONS 5
NEST 5
NETS 5
NOES 5
NOSE 5
NOTE 5
ONES 5
SENT 5
SNOT 5
SONE 5
TENS 5
TOES 4
TONE 5
TONS 5
3 letter words with the letters STONE 
ENS 4
EON 4
NET 4
NOS 4
NOT 4
OES 3
ONE 4
ONS 4
OSE 3
SEN 4
SET 3
SON 4
SOT 3
TEN 4
TOE 3
TON 4
2 letter words with the letters STONE 
EN 3
ES 2
ET 2
NE 3
NO 3
OE 2
ON 3
OS 2
SO 2
TO 2

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