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Noun
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
Definition: United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
Definition: United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
Definition: a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
Definition: A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
Verb
Definition: kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
Definition: To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
Adjective
Definition: of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
Definition: Constructed of stone.
Adverb
Definition: As a stone (used with following adjective).