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Stone

noun

1.

A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. Synonym: rock.

2.

Building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose.

3.

Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. Synonym: rock. "Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"

4.

A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry. Synonyms: gem, gemstone. "She had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

5.

An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds.

6.

The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed. Synonyms: endocarp, pit.

7.

United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946). Synonyms: Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone, Harlan Stone.

8.

United States filmmaker (born in 1946). Synonym: Oliver Stone.

9.

United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893). Synonym: Lucy Stone.

10.

United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989). Synonyms: I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone.

11.

United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946). Synonym: Harlan Fiske Stone.

12.

United States architect (1902-1978). Synonym: Edward Durell Stone.

13.

A lack of feeling or expression or movement. "Her face was as hard as stone"

verb

(past & past part. stoned; pres. part. stoning)

1.

Kill by throwing stones at. Synonym: lapidate.

2.

Remove the pits from. Synonym: pit.

adjective

1.

Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors.

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"Stone" Quotes from Famous Books

... was provided with sixteen flanges. When it was in motion not a thing could withstand the blast that came from it. Tables, chairs, even a cut-glass inkstand weighing two pounds, were blown with a crash against the solid stone and iron construction back of the plaster of my walls. And then ...

— Ghosts I have Met and Some Others • John Kendrick Bangs

... a woman's eyes," she admitted fearlessly. "We are all more or less primitive and—and, well, 'Stone-Agey,' let us say, in the last analysis; at least, women are." And then: "You don't know women ...

— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde

... ship, that I have been twice merry in, in Captain Holland's time;" and after revisiting the Naseby, now changed into the Charles, he confesses "it was a great pleasure to myself to see the ship that I began my good fortune in." The stone that he was cut for he preserved in a case; and to the Turners he kept alive such gratitude for their assistance that for years, and after he had begun to mount himself into higher zones, he continued to have that family to dinner on the anniversary ...

— Harvard Classics Volume 28 - Essays English and American • Various

... he found himself in a small stone chamber, vaulted above, and with a ponderous door. A single point of light in the wall, with a ...

— J.S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 • J.S. Le Fanu

... are as cold as a paving-stone in winter!" she exclaimed in amazement. "Come, now. You will make a whole family happy—a grandfather who runs all the errands, a mother who is being worn out with work, and two sisters—one of them very plain—who ...

— Cousin Betty • Honore de Balzac

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