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Stone may refer to:

Construction and building

See also: list of stone for the types of stone used in sculpture and construction

Geology

See also: List of rock types

Books and comics

Film and television

Music

Places in England

Units of measure

Other meanings

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Dictionary

stone

-noun

  1. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.
  2. A small piece of stone.
  3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  4. (UK) (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
  5. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
  6. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
  7. (board games)A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
  8. (color) A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  9. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

-verb

  1. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
  2. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
  3. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
  4. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)

-adjective

  1. Constructed of stone.
  2. Having the appearance of stone.
  3. (color) Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  4. Complete, absolute, of the highest degree.

-adverb

  1. As a stone (used with following adjective).
  2. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).
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