stone 音标拼音: [st'on]
n . 石头,宝石,果核,纪念碑,结石
vt . 投扔石子,铺石头
a . 石的,石制的
石头,宝石,果核,纪念碑,结石投扔石子,铺石头石的,石制的
stone adj 1 :
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors n 1 :
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter ; "
he threw a rock at me " [
synonym : {
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 "
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 " [
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym : {
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 "
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 " [
synonym : {
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 ) [
synonym : {
Stone }, {
Harlan Stone }, {
Harlan F .
Stone },
{
Harlan Fisk Stone }]
8 :
United States filmmaker (
born in 1946 ) [
synonym : {
Stone }, {
Oliver Stone }]
9 :
United States feminist and suffragist (
1818 -
1893 ) [
synonym :
{
Stone }, {
Lucy Stone }]
10 :
United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (
1907 -
1989 ) [
synonym : {
Stone }, {
I .
F .
Stone }, {
Isidor Feinstein Stone }]
11 :
United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (
1872 -
1946 ) [
synonym : {
Stone }, {
Harlan Fiske Stone }]
12 :
United States architect (
1902 -
1978 ) [
synonym : {
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 "
v 1 :
kill by throwing stones at ; "
People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock " [
synonym : {
stone },
{
lapidate }]
2 :
remove the pits from ; "
pit plums and cherries " [
synonym : {
pit },
{
stone }]
Stone \
Stone \,
n . [
OE .
ston ,
stan ,
AS .
st [=
a ]
n ;
akin to OS . &
OFries .
st [=
e ]
n ,
D .
steen ,
G .
stein ,
Icel .
steinn ,
Sw .
sten ,
Dan .
steen ,
Goth .
stains ,
Russ .
stiena a wall ,
Gr . ?, ?,
a pebble . [
root ]
167 .
Cf . {
Steen }.]
1 .
Concreted earthy or mineral matter ;
also ,
any particular mass of such matter ;
as ,
a house built of stone ;
the boy threw a stone ;
pebbles are rounded stones . "
Dumb as a stone ." --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
They had brick for stone ,
and slime . . .
for mortar . --
Gen .
xi .
3 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In popular language ,
very large masses of stone are called rocks ;
small masses are called stones ;
and the finer kinds ,
gravel ,
or sand ,
or grains of sand .
Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds ,
for walls ,
fences ,
piers ,
abutments ,
arches ,
monuments ,
sculpture ,
and the like .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A precious stone ;
a gem . "
Many a rich stone ." --
Chaucer .
"
Inestimable stones ,
unvalued jewels ." --
Shak .
[
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3 .
Something made of stone .
Specifically :
[
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(
a )
The glass of a mirror ;
a mirror . [
Obs .]
[
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Lend me a looking -
glass ;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone ,
Why ,
then she lives . --
Shak .
[
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(
b )
A monument to the dead ;
a gravestone . --
Gray .
[
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Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie . --
Pope .
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4 . (
Med .)
A calculous concretion ,
especially one in the kidneys or bladder ;
the disease arising from a calculus .
[
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5 .
One of the testes ;
a testicle . --
Shak .
[
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6 . (
Bot .)
The hard endocarp of drupes ;
as ,
the stone of a cherry or peach .
See Illust .
of {
Endocarp }.
[
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7 .
A weight which legally is fourteen pounds ,
but in practice varies with the article weighed . [
Eng .]
[
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Note :
The stone of butchers '
meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs .;
of cheese ,
16 lbs .;
of hemp ,
32 lbs .;
of glass ,
5 lbs .
[
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8 .
Fig .:
Symbol of hardness and insensibility ;
torpidness ;
insensibility ;
as ,
a heart of stone .
[
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone . --
Pope .
[
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9 . (
Print .)
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 ; --
called also {
imposing stone }.
[
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Note :
Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone ,
containing a stone or stones ,
employed on stone ,
or ,
more generally ,
of or pertaining to stone or stones ;
as ,
stone fruit ,
or stone -
fruit ;
stone -
hammer ,
or stone hammer ;
stone falcon ,
or stone -
falcon .
Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone ;
as ,
stone -
dead ,
stone -
blind ,
stone -
cold ,
stone -
still ,
etc .
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{
Atlantic stone },
ivory . [
Obs .] "
Citron tables ,
or Atlantic stone ." --
Milton .
{
Bowing stone }.
Same as {
Cromlech }. --
Encyc .
Brit .
{
Meteoric stones },
stones which fall from the atmosphere ,
as after the explosion of a meteor .
{
Philosopher '
s stone }.
See under {
Philosopher }.
{
Rocking stone }.
See {
Rocking -
stone }.
{
Stone age },
a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools ; --
called also {
flint age }.
The {
bronze age }
succeeded to this .
{
Stone bass } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {
Serranus }
and allied genera ,
as {
Serranus Couchii },
and {
Polyprion cernium }
of Europe ; --
called also {
sea perch }.
{
Stone biter } (
Zool .),
the wolf fish .
{
Stone boiling },
a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it , --
in use among savages .
--
Tylor .
{
Stone borer } (
Zool .),
any animal that bores stones ;
especially ,
one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone .
See {
Lithodomus },
and {
Saxicava }.
{
Stone bramble } (
Bot .),
a European trailing species of bramble ({
Rubus saxatilis }).
{
Stone -
break }. [
Cf .
G .
steinbrech .] (
Bot .)
Any plant of the genus {
Saxifraga };
saxifrage .
{
Stone bruise },
a sore spot on the bottom of the foot ,
from a bruise by a stone .
{
Stone canal }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Sand canal },
under {
Sand }.
{
Stone cat } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of small fresh -
water North American catfishes of the genus {
Noturus }.
They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds .
{
Stone coal },
hard coal ;
mineral coal ;
anthracite coal .
{
Stone coral } (
Zool .),
any hard calcareous coral .
{
Stone crab }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A large crab ({
Menippe mercenaria })
found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food .
(
b )
A European spider crab ({
Lithodes maia }).
{
Stone crawfish } (
Zool .),
a European crawfish ({
Astacus torrentium }),
by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({
Astacus fluviatilis }).
{
Stone curlew }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A large plover found in Europe ({
Edicnemus crepitans }).
It frequents stony places .
Called also {
thick -
kneed plover }
or {
bustard },
and {
thick -
knee }.
(
b )
The whimbrel . [
Prov .
Eng .]
(
c )
The willet . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Stone crush }.
Same as {
Stone bruise },
above .
{
Stone eater }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Stone borer },
above .
{
Stone falcon } (
Zool .),
the merlin .
{
Stone fern } (
Bot .),
a European fern ({
Asplenium Ceterach })
which grows on rocks and walls .
{
Stone fly } (
Zool .),
any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {
Perla }
and allied genera ;
a perlid .
They are often used by anglers for bait .
The larvae are aquatic .
{
Stone fruit } (
Bot .),
any fruit with a stony endocarp ;
a drupe ,
as a peach ,
plum ,
or cherry .
{
Stone grig } (
Zool .),
the mud lamprey ,
or pride .
{
Stone hammer },
a hammer formed with a face at one end ,
and a thick ,
blunt edge ,
parallel with the handle ,
at the other ,
--
used for breaking stone .
{
Stone hawk } (
Zool .),
the merlin ; --
so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones .
{
Stone jar },
a jar made of stoneware .
{
Stone lily } (
Paleon .),
a fossil crinoid .
{
Stone lugger }. (
Zool .)
See {
Stone roller },
below .
{
Stone marten } (
Zool .),
a European marten ({
Mustela foina })
allied to the pine marten ,
but having a white throat ; --
called also {
beech marten }.
{
Stone mason },
a mason who works or builds in stone .
{
Stone -
mortar } (
Mil .),
a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances .
{
Stone oil },
rock oil ,
petroleum .
{
Stone parsley } (
Bot .),
an umbelliferous plant ({
Seseli Labanotis }).
See under {
Parsley }.
{
Stone pine }. (
Bot .)
A nut pine .
See the Note under {
Pine },
and {
Pi [~
n ]
on }.
{
Stone pit },
a quarry where stones are dug .
{
Stone pitch },
hard ,
inspissated pitch .
{
Stone plover }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The European stone curlew .
(
b )
Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {
Esacus };
as ,
the large stone plover ({
Esacus recurvirostris }).
(
c )
The gray or black -
bellied plover . [
Prov .
Eng .]
(
d )
The ringed plover .
(
e )
The bar -
tailed godwit . [
Prov .
Eng .]
Also applied to other species of limicoline birds .
{
Stone roller }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
An American fresh -
water fish ({
Catostomus nigricans })
of the Sucker family .
Its color is yellowish olive ,
often with dark blotches .
Called also {
stone lugger },
{
stone toter }, {
hog sucker }, {
hog mullet }.
(
b )
A common American cyprinoid fish ({
Campostoma anomalum }); --
called also {
stone lugger }.
{
Stone '
s cast },
or {
Stone '
s throw },
the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand ;
as ,
they live a stone '
s throw from each other .
{
Stone snipe } (
Zool .),
the greater yellowlegs ,
or tattler .
[
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Stone toter }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
See {
Stone roller }
(
a ),
above .
(
b )
A cyprinoid fish ({
Exoglossum maxillingua })
found in the rivers from Virginia to {
New York }.
It has a three -
lobed lower lip ; --
called also {
cutlips }.
{
To leave no stone unturned },
to do everything that can be done ;
to use all practicable means to effect an object .
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Stone \
Stone \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Stoned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Stoning }.] [
From {
Stone },
n .:
cf .
AS .
st ?
nan ,
Goth .
stainjan .]
1 .
To pelt ,
beat ,
or kill with stones .
[
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And they stoned Stephen ,
calling upon God ,
and saying ,
Lord Jesus ,
receive my spirit . --
Acts vii .
59 .
[
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2 .
To make like stone ;
to harden .
[
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O perjured woman !
thou dost stone my heart . --
Shak .
[
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3 .
To free from stones ;
also ,
to remove the seeds of ;
as ,
to stone a field ;
to stone cherries ;
to stone raisins .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To wall or face with stones ;
to line or fortify with stones ;
as ,
to stone a well ;
to stone a cellar .
[
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5 .
To rub ,
scour ,
or sharpen with a stone .
[
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[
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433 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stone ":
Irish confetti ,
Lydian stone ,
Tarmac ,
Tarvia ,
aa ,
abyssal rock ,
acorn ,
adamant ,
adamantine ,
adobe ,
agate ,
alexandrite ,
amethyst ,
anklet ,
anthraconite ,
aplite ,
aquamarine ,
arch ,
armlet ,
ashlar ,
asphalt ,
aventurine ,
bakestone ,
bangle ,
barrow ,
basalt ,
basanite ,
beads ,
bedrock ,
beetlestone ,
behead ,
berry ,
beryl ,
bijou ,
bird seed ,
bitumen ,
bituminous macadam ,
black sheep ,
blacktop ,
blemish ,
block lava ,
bloodstone ,
blow to pieces ,
blow up ,
board ,
bola ,
bolt ,
bondstone ,
bone ,
boomerang ,
booze up ,
boozify ,
boundary stone ,
bowstring ,
bracelet ,
brain ,
brash ,
brass ,
breastpin ,
breccia ,
brick ,
brickbat ,
bricks and mortar ,
brilliant ,
brimstone ,
bring down ,
brooch ,
brownstone ,
buhr ,
buhrstone ,
burn ,
burn to death ,
bust ,
cairn ,
cairngorm ,
capstone ,
carbuncle ,
carnelian ,
cement ,
cenotaph ,
chain ,
chalcedony ,
chalk ,
chaplet ,
charm ,
chatelaine ,
chrysoberyl ,
chrysolite ,
circle ,
citrine ,
clapboard ,
clinker ,
cobble ,
cobblestone ,
column ,
concrete ,
conglomerate ,
copestone ,
copperplate ,
coral ,
cornerstone ,
coronet ,
countermissile ,
covering materials ,
crag ,
crock ,
cromlech ,
cross ,
crown ,
crucify ,
crystal ,
cup ,
curb ,
curbing ,
curbstone ,
cut down ,
cut to pieces ,
cyclolith ,
deal a deathblow ,
decapitate ,
decollate ,
defenestrate ,
demantoid ,
dendrite ,
diabase ,
diadem ,
diamond ,
disintegrate ,
dolmen ,
dolomite ,
doorstone ,
dripstone ,
drop ,
druid stone ,
duplicate plate ,
eaglestone ,
earring ,
edgestone ,
egg ,
electrocute ,
electrotype ,
emerald ,
emery rock ,
execute ,
face ,
fell ,
ferroconcrete ,
festooned pahoehoe ,
firebrick ,
flag ,
flagging ,
flagstone ,
flaxseed ,
flint ,
flintlike ,
flinty ,
floatstone ,
flooring ,
fob ,
footstone ,
foreign body ,
foreign intruder ,
frag ,
fruit ,
fuddle ,
garnet ,
garrote ,
gem ,
gem stone ,
girasol ,
give the quietus ,
glass ,
glaze ,
gneiss ,
goldstone ,
grain ,
granite ,
granitelike ,
granitic ,
grave ,
gravel ,
gravestone ,
grindstone ,
grit ,
gritrock ,
gritstone ,
guillotine ,
gun down ,
hairstone ,
harlequin opal ,
hayseed ,
headstone ,
heart of oak ,
heliotrope ,
hoarstone ,
hyacinth ,
igneous rock ,
impurity ,
incinerate ,
inflict capital punishment ,
inscription ,
intruder ,
iron ,
ironstone ,
jade ,
jadestone ,
jargoon ,
jasper ,
jewel ,
jugulate ,
kerb ,
kerbstone ,
kernel ,
keystone ,
lapidate ,
lapis lazuli ,
lath ,
lath and plaster ,
lava ,
lay low ,
limestone ,
linseed ,
lithic ,
living rock ,
locked -
up page ,
locket ,
lodestone ,
macadam ,
magma ,
mantlerock ,
marble ,
marblelike ,
marker ,
masonry ,
mausoleum ,
megalith ,
memento ,
memorial ,
memorial arch ,
memorial column ,
memorial statue ,
memorial stone ,
menhir ,
metamorphic rock ,
milestone ,
milkstone ,
millstone ,
misfit ,
missile ,
monkey wrench ,
monolith ,
monument ,
moonstone ,
morganite ,
mortar ,
mote ,
mound ,
nails ,
necklace ,
necrology ,
nose ring ,
nut ,
oak ,
obelisk ,
obituary ,
obsidian ,
oddball ,
oilstone ,
onyx ,
opal ,
overtake ,
pahoehoe ,
paper ,
pavement ,
pavestone ,
paving ,
paving material ,
paving stone ,
pellet ,
pelt ,
peridot ,
petrified ,
petrogenic ,
phonolite ,
pickle ,
pillar ,
pillow lava ,
pin ,
pip ,
pistol ,
pit ,
pitchstone ,
plank ,
plaque ,
plasma ,
plaster ,
plasters ,
plastic plate ,
plate ,
poleax ,
pollute ,
porphyry ,
precious stone ,
prestressed concrete ,
printing plate ,
printing surface ,
prize ,
projectile ,
pudding stone ,
pumice ,
put to death ,
pyramid ,
quartz ,
quartzite ,
regolith ,
reliquary ,
remembrance ,
rhinestone ,
ribbon ,
riddle ,
ring ,
road metal ,
rock ,
rocket ,
roofage ,
roofing ,
ropy lava ,
rose quartz ,
rostral column ,
rottenstone ,
rubber plate ,
rubble ,
rubblestone ,
rubstone ,
ruby ,
sandstone ,
sapphire ,
sard ,
sardonyx ,
sarsen ,
schist ,
scoria ,
scree ,
sedimentary rock ,
seed ,
semiprecious stone ,
serpentine ,
shaft ,
shake ,
shale ,
sheathe ,
shelly pahoehoe ,
shingle ,
shoot ,
shoot down ,
shoot to death ,
shotgun ,
shrine ,
siding ,
silence ,
slabstone ,
slate ,
slaty ,
sliver ,
snakestone ,
soapstone ,
souse ,
speck ,
spinel ,
spinel ruby ,
splinter ,
stab to death ,
stalactite ,
stalagmite ,
starstone ,
steatite ,
steel ,
steel plate ,
stela ,
stepping -
stone ,
stepstone ,
stereotype ,
stew ,
stickpin ,
stinkstone ,
stone to death ,
strangle ,
strike dead ,
stupa ,
swack ,
tablet ,
talus ,
tarmacadam ,
testimonial ,
thatch ,
throw stick ,
throwing -
stick ,
tiara ,
tile ,
tilestone ,
tiling ,
tipsify ,
tomb ,
tombstone ,
topaz ,
tope ,
torpedo ,
torque ,
touchstone ,
trap ,
traprock ,
trophy ,
tufa ,
tuff ,
turquoise ,
typeform ,
vaporize ,
veneer ,
waddy ,
wall in ,
wall up ,
walling ,
wallpaper ,
wampum ,
washboard ,
weatherboard ,
weed ,
whetstone ,
whitestone ,
wristband ,
wristlet ,
zincograph ,
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Stone Stones were commonly used for buildings ,
also as memorials of important events (
Gen .
28 :
18 ;
Josh .
24 :
26 ,
27 ;
1 Sam .
7 :
12 ,
etc .).
They were gathered out of cultivated fields (
Isa .
5 :
2 ;
comp .
2 Kings 3 :
19 ).
This word is also used figuratively of believers (
1 Pet .
2 :
4 ,
5 ),
and of the Messiah (
Ps .
118 :
22 ;
Isa .
28 :
16 ;
Matt .
21 :
42 ;
Acts 4 :
11 ,
etc .).
In Dan .
2 :
45 it refers also to the Messiah .
He is there described as "
cut out of the mountain ." (
See {
ROCK }.)
A "
heart of stone "
denotes great insensibility (
1 Sam .
25 :
37 ).
Stones were set up to commemorate remarkable events ,
as by Jacob at Bethel (
Gen .
28 :
18 ),
at Padan -
aram (
35 :
4 ),
and on the occasion of parting with Laban (
31 :
45 -
47 );
by Joshua at the place on the banks of the Jordan where the people first "
lodged "
after crossing the river (
Josh .
6 :
8 ),
and also in "
the midst of Jordan ,"
where he erected another set of twelve stones (
4 :
1 -
9 );
and by Samuel at "
Ebenezer " (
1 Sam .
7 :
12 ).
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STONE中文 (简体)翻译:剑桥词典 stone noun (WEIGHT) [ C ] UK plural stone or stones (written abbreviation st) a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6 35 kilograms, used especially when talking about a person's weight 英石(重量单位,等于6 35千克或14磅)
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stone(英语单词)_百度百科 stone,英语单词,主要用作名词、形容词、动词和副词。 作名词时意为“石头,石料;石块;宝石”,作形容词时意为“石的,石制的”,作动词时意为“向扔石块;用石头铺”,作副词时意为“完全地,全部地”等。
BBC Learning English - 一分钟英语 四个包含单词 “stone” 的短语 Watching this episode will kill two birds with one stone – you can learn some phrases with 'stone' and practise your listening skills!
STONE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of STONE is a concretion of earthy or mineral matter How to use stone in a sentence
STONE 释义 | 柯林斯英语词典 - Collins Online Dictionary A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder He had kidney stones 7 可数名词 The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it
Stone - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The word "stone" also refers to natural rock as a material, especially a building material Natural stones used as building material include granite, marble and sandstone Manufactured, artificial products, such as concrete or clay bricks, are not stone Stone takes a while to heat up, and stays hot for a while It does not conduct electricity
Stone - definition of stone by The Free Dictionary 1 Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall 2 Made of stoneware or earthenware 3 Complete; utter Often used in combination: a stone liar; stone-deaf
Stone - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com noun material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust “ stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries” synonyms: rock see more