Meaning & Definition of Stone in English
Stone
noun
1. A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- "He threw a rock at me"
- rock,
- stone
2. Building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- "He wanted a special stone to mark the site"
- stone
3. Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the earth's crust
- "That mountain is solid rock"
- "Stone is abundant in new england and there are many quarries"
- rock,
- stone
4. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- "He had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
- "She had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
- gem,
- gemstone,
- stone
5. An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
- Equal to 14 pounds
- "A heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
- stone
6. The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- "You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
- stone,
- pit,
- endocarp
7. United states jurist who was named chief justice of the united states supreme court in 1941 by franklin d. roosevelt (1872-1946)
- Stone,
- Harlan Stone,
- Harlan F. Stone,
- Harlan Fisk Stone
8. United states filmmaker (born in 1946)
- Stone,
- Oliver Stone
9. United states feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
- Stone,
- Lucy Stone
10. United states journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
- Stone,
- I. F. Stone,
- Isidor Feinstein Stone
11. United states jurist who served on the united states supreme court as chief justice (1872-1946)
- Stone,
- Harlan Fiske Stone
12. United states architect (1902-1978)
- Stone,
- Edward Durell Stone
13. A lack of feeling or expression or movement
- "He must have a heart of stone"
- "Her face was as hard as stone"
- stone
verb
1. Kill by throwing stones at
- "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
- stone,
- lapidate
2. Remove the pits from
- "Pit plums and cherries"
- pit,
- stone
adjective
1. Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
- stone