Collins English-English Dictionary

stone [stəυn]

1. 1. n the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are made

2. 2. n granite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling

3. 3. n a small lump of rock; pebble

4. 4. n short for gemstone

5. 5. n [jewellery] a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose

6. 6. n (in combination)

   gravestone

   millstone

7. 7. n something that resembles a stone

8. 8. n (in combination)

   hailstone

9. 9. n the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp

10. 10. n any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date

11. 11. n [Brit] a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms

12. 12. n a nontechnical name for calculus

13. 13. n [pathol] [printing] a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table

14. 14. n [rare] (in certain games) a piece or man

15. 15. n any of various dull grey colours

16. 16. n (as adjective)

    stone paint

17. 17. n [modifier] relating to or made of stone

    a stone house

18. 18. n [modifier] made of stoneware

    a stone jar

19. 19. adv [in combination] completely

    stone-cold

    stone-dead

20. 20. vt. [tr] to throw stones at, esp to kill

21. 21. vt. to remove the stones from

22. 22. vt. to furnish or provide with stones

23. 23. vt. [Etymology] Old English stan; related to Old Saxon sten, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebble