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1. stone - noun

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

Synonym(s): rock

Hypernym(s): natural_object




2. stone - noun

· 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"

Hypernym(s): building_material




3. stone - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): rock

Hypernym(s): material, stuff




4. stone - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): gem, gemstone

Hypernym(s): crystal




5. stone - noun

· 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"

Hypernym(s): avoirdupois_unit




6. stone - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): pit, endocarp

Hypernym(s): pericarp, seed_vessel




7. stone - noun

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

Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan_Stone, Harlan_F._Stone, Harlan_Fisk_Stone




8. stone - noun

· United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

Synonym(s): Stone, Oliver_Stone




9. stone - noun

· United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

Synonym(s): Stone, Lucy_Stone




10. stone - noun

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

Synonym(s): Stone, I._F._Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone




11. stone - noun

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

Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan_Fiske_Stone




12. stone - noun

· United States architect (1902-1978)

Synonym(s): Stone, Edward_Durell_Stone




13. stone - noun

· a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"

Hypernym(s): coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness




14. stone - verb

· kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"

Synonym(s): lapidate

Hypernym(s): kill




15. stone - verb

· remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"

Synonym(s): pit

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw




16. stone - adjective

· of any of various dull tannish or grey colors





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