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stone

(st/oU/n )

noun (n)

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter(noun.object)

Synonym:
rock

source: wordnet30
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose(noun.artifact)

Example:
He wanted a special stone to mark the site.

source: wordnet30
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust(noun.substance)

Example:
Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries.

source: wordnet30
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry(noun.substance)

Example:
She had jewels made of all the rarest stones.

Synonym:
gem, gemstone

source: wordnet30
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds(noun.quantity)

Example:
A heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone.

source: wordnet30
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed(noun.plant)

Example:
You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking.

Synonym:
endocarp, pit

source: wordnet30
United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)(noun.person)

Synonym:
harlan f. stone, harlan fisk stone, harlan stone

source: wordnet30
United States filmmaker (born in 1946)(noun.person)

Synonym:
oliver stone

source: wordnet30
United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)(noun.person)

Synonym:
lucy stone

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United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)(noun.person)

Synonym:
i. f. stone, isidor feinstein stone

source: wordnet30
United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)(noun.person)

Synonym:
harlan fiske stone

source: wordnet30
United States architect (1902-1978)(noun.person)

Synonym:
edward durell stone

source: wordnet30
a lack of feeling or expression or movement(noun.attribute)

Example:
He must have a heart of stone.
Her face was as hard as stone.

source: wordnet30
Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

of any of various dull tannish or grey colors(adj.all)

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

kill by throwing stones at(verb.contact)

Example:
People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock.

Synonym:
lapidate

source: wordnet30
remove the pits from(verb.change)

Synonym:
pit

source: wordnet30
To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.(verb)

source: webster1913

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