stone

[[t]stoʊn[/t]]

n. pl. stones, stone

1) the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist

2) a rock or particular piece or kind of rock

3) a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose:

paving stones[/ex]

4) a small piece of rock, as a pebble

5) jew a mineral used in jewelry; gemstone

6) wam one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg)

7) something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness

8) bot any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit

9) bot the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach

10) pat a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder

11) a gravestone or tombstone

12) grindstone 1)

13) bui

millstone 1)

14) mer

hailstone

15) bui any of various artificial building materials imitating cut stone or rubble

16) pri

a) a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed

b) any surface on which a picture or design is drawn or etched in the process of making a lithograph

17) made of or pertaining to stone or stoneware

18) cvb stonelike; stony; obdurate:

a stone killer; stone strength[/ex]

19) cvb completely; totally:

stone cold[/ex]

20) to throw stones at

21) to put to death by pelting with stones

22) to provide, pave, line, face, or fortify with stones

23) to rub with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth

24) to remove stones from (fruit)

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- leave no stone unturned

Etymology: bef. 900; (n.) ME stan, sto(o) n, OE stān, c. OFris, OS stēn, OHG stein, ON steinn, Go stains ston′er, n.