stone
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
Noun 4 meanings
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
“British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.”
Adjective 4 meanings
Constructed of stone.
Having the appearance of stone.
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Used as an intensifier.
“She is one stone fox.”
Adverb 1 meaning
As a stone (used with following adjective).
“My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.”
Verb 4 meanings
To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
“stoned to death”
To wall or wall up with stones.
To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
Etymology
From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).
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STONE at a glance
STONE has 5 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + O 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,630 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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