Dictionary definition · Stone
noun
- United States architect (1902-1978)
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter"he threw a rock at me"
- United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
- 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"
- United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust"that mountain is solid rock"
- United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
- United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
verb
- kill by throwing stones at"People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
- remove the pits from"pit plums and cherries"
adjective
- of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).