STONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
   Usage Example(s)
   • he wanted a special stone to mark the site
   Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • building material (what does building material mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ashlar (what does ashlar mean?)
   • Blarney Stone (what does Blarney Stone mean?)
   • capstone (what does capstone mean?)
   • copestone (what does copestone mean?)
   • coping stone (what does coping stone mean?)
   • stretcher (what does stretcher mean?)
   • cornerstone (what does cornerstone mean?)
   • cornerstone (what does cornerstone mean?)
   • foundation stone (what does foundation stone mean?)
   • gravestone (what does gravestone mean?)
   • headstone (what does headstone mean?)
   • tombstone (what does tombstone mean?)
   • grindstone (what does grindstone mean?)
   • hearthstone (what does hearthstone mean?)
   • millstone (what does millstone mean?)
   • monolith (what does monolith mean?)
   • paving stone (what does paving stone mean?)
   • springer (what does springer mean?)
   • impost (what does impost mean?)
   • stele (what does stele mean?)
   • stela (what does stela mean?)
   • whetstone (what does whetstone mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a lack of feeling or expression or movement
   Usage Example(s)
   • he must have a heart of stone
   • her face was as hard as stone
   Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • coldness (what does coldness mean?)
   • coolness (what does coolness mean?)
   • frigidity (what does frigidity mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
   Synonym(s)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he threw a rock at me
   Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural object (what does natural object mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • achondrite (what does achondrite mean?)
   • bedrock (what does bedrock mean?)
   • boulder (what does boulder mean?)
   • bowlder (what does bowlder mean?)
   • calculus (what does calculus mean?)
   • concretion (what does concretion mean?)
   • chondrite (what does chondrite mean?)
   • clastic rock (what does clastic rock mean?)
   • crystal (what does crystal mean?)
   • crystallization (what does crystallization mean?)
   • intrusion (what does intrusion mean?)
   • outcrop (what does outcrop mean?)
   • outcropping (what does outcropping mean?)
   • rock outcrop (what does rock outcrop mean?)
   • pebble (what does pebble mean?)
   • petrifaction (what does petrifaction mean?)
   • sill (what does sill mean?)
   • stepping stone (what does stepping stone mean?)
   • tor (what does tor mean?)
   • wall rock (what does wall rock mean?)
   • whinstone (what does whinstone mean?)
   • whin (what does whin mean?)
   • xenolith (what does xenolith mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • lapidate (what does lapidate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • United States architect (1902-1978)
   Synonym(s)
   • Edward Durell Stone (what does Edward Durell Stone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • architect (what does architect mean?)
   • designer (what does designer mean?)
5. Meaning
   • United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946)
   Synonym(s)
   • Harlan Fiske Stone (what does Harlan Fiske Stone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • jurist (what does jurist mean?)
   • legal expert (what does legal expert mean?)
6. Meaning
   • United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
   Synonym(s)
   • I. F. Stone (what does I. F. Stone mean?)
   • Isidor Feinstein Stone (what does Isidor Feinstein Stone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • journalist (what does journalist mean?)
7. Meaning
   • United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
   Synonym(s)
   • Lucy Stone (what does Lucy Stone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • feminist (what does feminist mean?)
   • women’s rightist (what does women’s rightist mean?)
   • women’s liberationist (what does women’s liberationist mean?)
   • libber (what does libber mean?)
   • suffragist (what does suffragist mean?)
8. Meaning
   • United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
   Synonym(s)
   • Oliver Stone (what does Oliver Stone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • film maker (what does film maker mean?)
   • filmmaker (what does filmmaker mean?)
   • film producer (what does film producer mean?)
   • movie maker (what does movie maker mean?)
9. Meaning
   • the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
   Synonym(s)
   • endocarp (what does endocarp mean?)
   • pit (what does pit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
   Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pericarp (what does pericarp mean?)
   • seed vessel (what does seed vessel mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • peach pit (what does peach pit mean?)
   • cherry stone (what does cherry stone mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pit (what does pit mean?)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • pit (what does pit mean?)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
10. Meaning
    • an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
    • equal to 14 pounds
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone
    Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • avoirdupois unit (what does avoirdupois unit mean?)
11. Meaning
    • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’’s crust
    Synonym(s)
    • rock (what does rock mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • that mountain is solid rock
    • stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
    Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • material (what does material mean?)
    • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • quartzite (what does quartzite mean?)
    • road metal (what does road metal mean?)
    • sedimentary rock (what does sedimentary rock mean?)
    • sial (what does sial mean?)
    • sima (what does sima mean?)
    • metamorphic rock (what does metamorphic rock mean?)
    • gravel (what does gravel mean?)
    • crushed rock (what does crushed rock mean?)
    • caliche (what does caliche mean?)
    • shingling (what does shingling mean?)
    • pumice (what does pumice mean?)
    • pumice stone (what does pumice stone mean?)
    • aphanite (what does aphanite mean?)
    • claystone (what does claystone mean?)
    • dolomite (what does dolomite mean?)
    • emery stone (what does emery stone mean?)
    • emery rock (what does emery rock mean?)
    • pudding stone (what does pudding stone mean?)
    • conglomerate (what does conglomerate mean?)
    • fieldstone (what does fieldstone mean?)
    • greisen (what does greisen mean?)
    • tufa (what does tufa mean?)
    • calc-tufa (what does calc-tufa mean?)
    • magma (what does magma mean?)
    • igneous rock (what does igneous rock mean?)
    • limestone (what does limestone mean?)
    • marble (what does marble mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • stone (what does stone mean?)
    • lapidate (what does lapidate mean?)
12. Meaning
    • a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
    Synonym(s)
    • gem (what does gem mean?)
    • gemstone (what does gemstone mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
    • she had jewels made of all the rarest stones
    Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • crystal (what does crystal mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • cabochon (what does cabochon mean?)
    • opaque gem (what does opaque gem mean?)
    • transparent gem (what does transparent gem mean?)

STONE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove the pits from
   Synonym(s)
   • pit (what does pit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • pit plums and cherries
   Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take away (what does take away mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • pit (what does pit mean?)
   • endocarp (what does endocarp mean?)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • pit (what does pit mean?)
   • endocarp (what does endocarp mean?)
2. Meaning
   • kill by throwing stones at
   Synonym(s)
   • lapidate (what does lapidate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran
   Hypernyms(s) stone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stoning (what does stoning mean?)
   • lapidation (what does lapidation mean?)
   • stoner (what does stoner mean?)
   • lapidator (what does lapidator mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • stoner (what does stoner mean?)
   • lapidator (what does lapidator mean?)
   • stoning (what does stoning mean?)
   • lapidation (what does lapidation mean?)

STONE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of any of various dull tannish-gray colors
   Similar To
   • chromatic (what does chromatic mean?)