DICTOMETER

STONES

(stone, piedra, stein)

1. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
   Examples:
   • He threw a rock at me
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
   Examples:
   • He wanted a special stone to mark the site
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
   Examples:
   • That mountain is solid rock
   • Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Gem
   • Gemstone
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
   Examples:
   • He had the gem set in a ring for his wife
   • She had jewels made of all the rarest stones
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
   • equal to 14 pounds
   Examples:
   • A heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   • Pit
   • Endocarp
   Definitions:
   • the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
   Examples:
   • You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   • Harlan Stone
   • Harlan F. Stone
   • Harlan Fisk Stone
   Definitions:
   • United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   • Oliver Stone
   Definitions:
   • United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   • Lucy Stone
   Definitions:
   • United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Stone
    • I. F. Stone
    • Isidor Feinstein Stone
    Definitions:
    • United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Stone
    • Harlan Fiske Stone
    Definitions:
    • United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Stone
    • Edward Durell Stone
    Definitions:
    • United States architect (1902-1978)
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Stone
    Definitions:
    • a lack of feeling or expression or movement
    Examples:
    • He must have a heart of stone
    • Her face was as hard as stone
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   • Lapidate
   Definitions:
   • kill by throwing stones at
   Examples:
   • People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • remove the pits from
   Examples:
   • Pit plums and cherries