stone
Pronunciation: /stəʊ̯n/
The English word “stone” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A hard, stone-like deposit.
- A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- A mirror, or its glass.
- A testicle.
- 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.
adjective
- Constructed of stone.
- Having the appearance of stone.
- Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
adverb
- As a stone (used with following adjective).
- Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
Etymology
From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognates Cognate with Scots stane (“stone”), Yola sthoan (“stone”), North Frisian stean, stian, stiin, stiinj (“stone”), Saterland Frisian Steen (“stone”), West Frisian stien (“stone”), Alemannic German Steei…
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