stone

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He had a stone cold expression, no emotion in his voice, and the coldest eyes and voice tone you could imagine.

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Quick take

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stone gathered in one view.

noun

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"

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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"

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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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stone.

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a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

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United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

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United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

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United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

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United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)

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United States architect (1902-1978)

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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"

verb

remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"

adjective

of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

Example sentences

He had a stone cold expression, no emotion in his voice, and the coldest eyes and voice tone you could imagine.

When I was a 16 year old, my uncle hired me part-time to help him out with his stone and tile installation contracting business.

The 24 fps speed is a relic from the stone age of cinema, back when technology simply could not cope with higher frame rates.

IT would be pointless to start writing code and then try to bash into shape- like building a stone bridge and then realizing you need a 57 chevy.

Every programmer is on a long, cyclical journey where every stepping stone feels like a new kind of enlightenment.

The experience is great, and it's a good stepping stone to re-introduce you back into the world after having everything taken away from you in boot camp.

A modern supercar is like stone soup - the designer is just a catalyst for the expertise and resources of a whole army of manufacturers.

I think that what stands out is that a group of young activists were arrested for trying to enter the parliament against the orders of the police and that windows in the parliament building were broken by stone throwing.