Definition of 'stone'
Noun
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
Synonyms: rock 
- 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"
Synonyms: rock 
- 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"
- 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"
Synonyms: gem gemstone - 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"
Synonyms: pit endocarp - 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"
- United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
Synonyms: Harlan Stone Harlan F. Stone Harlan Fisk Stone - United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
Synonyms: Oliver Stone - United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
Synonyms: Lucy Stone - United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
Synonyms: I. F. Stone Isidor Feinstein Stone - United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
Synonyms: Harlan Fiske Stone - United States architect (1902-1978)
Synonyms: Edward Durell Stone - a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
Verb
- kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
Synonyms: lapidate - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
Synonyms: pit
Adjective
- of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
