Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: rock |
2. | stone - 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" Synonyms: rock | |
3. | stone - 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" | |
4. | stone - 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" | |
5. | stone - 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" | |
6. | stone - 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" | |
7. | Stone - United States filmmaker (born in 1946) Synonyms: Oliver Stone | |
8. | Stone - United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) Synonyms: Lucy Stone | |
9. | Stone - United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) Synonyms: I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone | |
10. | Stone - United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946) Synonyms: Harlan Fiske Stone | |
11. | Stone - United States architect (1902-1978) Synonyms: Edward Durell Stone | |
12. | stone - a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone" | |
Verb | 1. | stone - kill by throwing stones at; "Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran" Synonyms: lapidate |
2. | stone - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" Synonyms: pit | |
Adj. | 1. | stone - of any of various dull tannish-gray colors |
STONE - A Structured and Open Environment: a project supported by the German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) to design, implement and distribute a SEE for research and teaching. |