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Dictionary definition · Stone

noun

  1. United States architect (1902-1978)
  2. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter"he threw a rock at me"
  3. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
  4. 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"
  5. United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
  6. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust"that mountain is solid rock"
  7. United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
  8. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
  9. United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

verb

  1. kill by throwing stones at"People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
  2. remove the pits from"pit plums and cherries"

adjective

  1. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).