Stone
noun
A hard solid substance found in the ground, often used for building.
The wall was made up of large stones.
Often appears as...
- stone walls
- stone path
noun
The hard seed inside some fruits.
I almost broke my tooth on a stone in the cherry.
Often appears as...
- cherry stone
- peach stone
noun
A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg), used especially when talking about a person's weight.
I weigh 9 stone.
Often appears as...
- weigh in stones
- lose a stone
verb
To throw stones at someone or something, usually as a form of punishment.
They stoned him for his crimes.
Often appears as...
- stone to death
- stone for sins
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Disapproving
noun
A piece of precious stone or crystal used in jewelry.
The diamond stone in her ring sparkled brightly.
Often appears as...
- precious stone
- gem stone
verb
To remove the hard seed from a fruit.
She stoned the cherries before making the pie.
Often appears as...
- stone a cherry
- stone a peach
noun
A hard solid substance found in the ground, often used for building.
The wall was made up of large stones.
Often appears as...
- stone walls
- stone path
noun
The hard seed inside some fruits.
I almost broke my tooth on a stone in the cherry.
Often appears as...
- cherry stone
- peach stone
noun
A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg), used especially when talking about a person's weight.
I weigh 9 stone.
Often appears as...
- weigh in stones
- lose a stone
verb
To throw stones at someone or something, usually as a form of punishment.
They stoned him for his crimes.
Often appears as...
- stone to death
- stone for sins
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A piece of precious stone or crystal used in jewelry.
The diamond stone in her ring sparkled brightly.
Often appears as...
- precious stone
- gem stone
verb
To remove the hard seed from a fruit.
She stoned the cherries before making the pie.
Often appears as...
- stone a cherry
- stone a peach
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Pro Tip 1/2Building Material
Often refers to the stones used in construction, implying durability and strength.
The cottage featured a charming stone facade.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Appearance
Can imply something is unrefined or rustic, often seen in nature.
They admired the stone-lined creek.
Pro Tip 1/2Building Material
Often refers to the stones used in construction, implying durability and strength.
The cottage featured a charming stone facade.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Appearance
Can imply something is unrefined or rustic, often seen in nature.
They admired the stone-lined creek.
Pro Tip 1/2Building Material
Often refers to the stones used in construction, implying durability and strength.
The cottage featured a charming stone facade.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Appearance
Can imply something is unrefined or rustic, often seen in nature.
They admired the stone-lined creek.
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The myth behind the...
The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river. But just as she got across, the snake slithered by.
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Stoned Raptor Poacher PIPE...
now you lied to us about that so now how do I take you seriously go in turn around for me for us for your feet apart as wise you can go interlace your fingers your shaking nervous man gotta get a glass of water you're good for a minute you're not dying if they're in the shade and not too hot oh I just got stoned a little
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones,
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Are Crows the Ultimate...
Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string, three stones inside wooden cages, and a longer stick trapped in a plastic box.
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Everything you need to...
and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone
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How language shapes the...
opens up the whole world of mathematics. Of course, if you don't count, you can't do algebra, you can't do any of the things that would be required to build a room like this or make this broadcast, right? This little trick of number words gives you a stepping stone into a whole cognitive realm.
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How to rebuild the world...
these are clearly ways of harnessing natural energy sources to save the labour of our own muscles and the most important part is a pair of cylindrical slabs the mill stones which turn over each other and grind that grain into
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What makes the Great...
When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.
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A Collection Of Summer...
create good drainage from snow and rain a dry nest is essential if these birds are to have any success in raising young penguins are fiercely protective of their pile of stones and because nests are so tightly packed
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What causes kidney...
A slightly different type of stone made of the minerals magnesium ammonium phosphate, or struvite, can be caused by bacterial infection. And even rarer stones can result from genetic disorders
Video examples
The myth behind the...
The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river. But just as she got across, the snake slithered by.
Video examples
Stoned Raptor Poacher PIPE...
now you lied to us about that so now how do I take you seriously go in turn around for me for us for your feet apart as wise you can go interlace your fingers your shaking nervous man gotta get a glass of water you're good for a minute you're not dying if they're in the shade and not too hot oh I just got stoned a little
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones,
Video examples
Are Crows the Ultimate...
Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string, three stones inside wooden cages, and a longer stick trapped in a plastic box.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone
Video examples
How language shapes the...
opens up the whole world of mathematics. Of course, if you don't count, you can't do algebra, you can't do any of the things that would be required to build a room like this or make this broadcast, right? This little trick of number words gives you a stepping stone into a whole cognitive realm.
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
these are clearly ways of harnessing natural energy sources to save the labour of our own muscles and the most important part is a pair of cylindrical slabs the mill stones which turn over each other and grind that grain into
Video examples
What makes the Great...
When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.
Video examples
A Collection Of Summer...
create good drainage from snow and rain a dry nest is essential if these birds are to have any success in raising young penguins are fiercely protective of their pile of stones and because nests are so tightly packed
Video examples
What causes kidney...
A slightly different type of stone made of the minerals magnesium ammonium phosphate, or struvite, can be caused by bacterial infection. And even rarer stones can result from genetic disorders
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Joy Harjo
American Poet
When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.
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Marat Safin
Russian Athlete
But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.
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Mary Wesley
British Novelist
I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.
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Wendy Williams
American Entertainer
People love to throw stones at me, and I get it. It's fun to make fun of me, because I put myself out there. I'm a large personality, and I got the funny bone; I voice my opinion, and then people get upset.
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Jung Chang
British Writer
I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet.
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George Blanda
American Football Player
Halas used to tell his players that football is what you make of it. It should not be what defines you, but football should be a stepping stone for what you achieve in the rest of your life.
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Shreyas Iyer
Indian Cricketer
A' tours can be considered as a stepping stone to getting into the national team, so they are really important.
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Hugh MacDiarmid
Scottish Poet
There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.
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Jim Caviezel
American Actor
It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today.
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Kublai Khan
Chinese Statesman
But which is the stone that supports the bridge?
Quote examples
Joy Harjo
American Poet
When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.
Quote examples
Marat Safin
Russian Athlete
But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.
Quote examples
Mary Wesley
British Novelist
I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.
Quote examples
Wendy Williams
American Entertainer
People love to throw stones at me, and I get it. It's fun to make fun of me, because I put myself out there. I'm a large personality, and I got the funny bone; I voice my opinion, and then people get upset.
Quote examples
Jung Chang
British Writer
I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet.
Quote examples
George Blanda
American Football Player
Halas used to tell his players that football is what you make of it. It should not be what defines you, but football should be a stepping stone for what you achieve in the rest of your life.
Quote examples
Shreyas Iyer
Indian Cricketer
A' tours can be considered as a stepping stone to getting into the national team, so they are really important.
Quote examples
Hugh MacDiarmid
Scottish Poet
There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.
Quote examples
Jim Caviezel
American Actor
It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today.
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Kublai Khan
Chinese Statesman
But which is the stone that supports the bridge?
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