Stone
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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English stān.
Noun
stone (countable and uncountable; plural stones except as shown below)
- (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.
- A small piece of stone.
- (UK) (plural stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc.
- Quotations
- 1882: Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 209.
- Quotations
- (medical) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- kidney stone
- A piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon.
Synonyms
Translations
substance
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small piece of stone
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unit of mass
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medical: hard, stone-like deposit
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piece of hard material used in board games
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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. Note: the numbering is not necessarily correct.
Transitive verb
to stone
- To kill by pelting with stones.
- (slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics.
Translations
kill by pelting with stones
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to intoxicate, especially with narcotics
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Adjective
stone
- Constructed of stone.
- stone walls
- Having the appearance of stone.
- stone pot
Translations
constructed of stone
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having the appearance of stone
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Adverb
stone (no comparative or superlative)
- Absolutely, completely (used only in certain set phrases)
- stone dead
- stone deaf
Translations
absolutely, completely
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See also
- gallstone
- kidney stone
- Philosopher's Stone, Philosophers' Stone
- stone cold
- stoned
- stone dead
- stone deaf
- stonewall
