English language
Toggle Transcript
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | edward durell stone |
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | harlan fiske stone |
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rock |
| Type of | stuff, material |
| Has types | fieldstone, metamorphic rock, greisen, gravel, aphanite, matrix, pudding stone, pumice, pumice stone, emery stone, quartzite, road metal, emery rock, sedimentary rock, shingling, sial, dolomite, sima, crushed rock, conglomerate, tufa, claystone, caliche, calc-tufa, igneous rock, limestone, magma, marble |
stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries.
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | i. f. stone, isidor feinstein stone |
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gem, gemstone |
| Type of | crystal |
| Has types | transparent gem, cabochon, opaque gem |
she had jewels made of all the rarest stones.
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lucy stone |
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | endocarp, pit |
| Type of | pericarp, seed vessel |
| Has types | peach pit, cherry stone |
| Derivation | stony |
you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking.
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rock |
| Type of | natural object |
| Has types | outcropping, bowlder, intrusion, wall rock, calculus, achondrite, chondrite, clastic rock, tor, crystal, crystallization, stepping stone, sill, rock outcrop, petrifaction, pebble, boulder, outcrop, whin, concretion, whinstone, xenolith, bedrock |
| Derivation | stony |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | oliver stone |
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | harlan f. stone, harlan fisk stone, harlan stone |
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | iciness, coolness, frigidity, coldness, chilliness, frigidness |
| Derivation | stony |
he must have a heart of stone.
her face was as hard as stone.
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | avoirdupois unit |
a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone.
stone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | building material |
| Has types | capstone, ashlar, copestone, coping stone, cornerstone, foundation stone, gravestone, grindstone, headstone, hearthstone, impost, millstone, monolith, paving stone, springer, stela, stele, stretcher, tombstone, whetstone |
he wanted a special stone to mark the site.
stone::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|
Examples of stone
stone
There is a pinkish cast to the porous stone it is carved from, suggesting flesh.
From the sacbee.com
Smart people can't pay any mind to what people like stone says or think, though.
From the washingtontimes.com
Arrange the triangles, chip side down, in a circle on the baking sheet or stone.
From the freep.com
Stone began as a circus and vaudeville performer and later appeared on Broadway.
From the post-gazette.com
A stone kiosk holds a restroom and will have a vendor selling drinks and snacks.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He spent many years using dry stone construction to fix stone walls on his farm.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Its little stone houses are gaily decorated by the paintings of unknown artists.
From the time.com
I don't like it, but as we say in Italy, it's better to eat a bone than a stone.
From the time.com
It's surrounded by fine stone government buildings and a 19th-century cathedral.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
- Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
- Rock: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
- 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"
- Pit: remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
- Rock: 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"
- Stone (dates unknown) was an English amateur cricketer who made 10 known appearances in major cricket matches in from 1773 to 1790.
- Stone is a 1974 Australian film produced and directed by Sandy Harbutt. It was a low budget movie, written by Sandy Harbutt and Michael Robinson.
- Stone is an upcoming film directed by John Curran starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich.
