Definition of stone's

	Definition of stone is the dictionary form of stone's Definition of stone stone has definitions from the fields of geology,botany,chemistry,meteorology,color,architecture,law,writing,news,politics,film,performing arts
1	[ noun ] (geology) a lump of hard consolidated mineral matter Synonyms rock Examples "he threw a rock at me"
2	[ noun ] building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose Examples "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
3	[ noun ] (geology) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust Synonyms rock Examples "that mountain is solid rock" "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
4	[ noun ] (botany) 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 pit endocarp Examples "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
5	[ verb ] kill by throwing stones at Synonyms lapidate Examples "Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran"
6	[ noun ] (film,performing arts) United States filmmaker (born in 1946) Synonyms oliver_stone
7	[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 158
8	[ verb ] remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches Synonyms pit
9	[ noun ] a lack of feeling or expression or movement Examples "he must have a heart of stone" "her face was as hard as stone"
10	[ adjective ] (color) of any of various dull tannish-gray colors
11	[ noun ] an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds Examples "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
12	[ noun ] (law) United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946) Synonyms harlan_fiske_stone
13	[ noun ] (architecture) United States architect (1902-1978) Synonyms edward_durell_stone
14	[ noun ] (writing,news) United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) Synonyms isidor_feinstein_stone i._f._stone
15	[ noun ] (politics) United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) Synonyms lucy_stone
16	[ adjective ] of or relating to or made of stone Examples "a stone house"
17	[ noun ] (chemistry,meteorology) small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm Synonyms hailstone
18	[ noun ] (chemistry) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry Synonyms gemstone gem Examples "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife" "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
19	[ noun ] (botany) 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 pit
*	Rhymes with stones' bones loans' loans cone's loan's phone's phones jones jones' crossbones Phonetic and Homophones S T OW1 N Z Similar Spelling Stones stonecress stonewash Stone_Age stance Stange Stonge Stines Stonesifer Stonehouse stone-wash Stanger Stangle Stanish Stansel Stengel Stenger Stennis Stenson Stenzel Styons stinger stinker Stinson Stensrud stenosis stenosed Stansell Stimson sting Stenstrom Stensland stink stonechat Stansbury Stansbery stannous stonecrop Stoneking Stong stung Stang To share this definition click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste text link
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