stone

Noun
  1. A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (synset 109438954)
    "he threw a rock at me"
  2. Building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose (synset 104333222)
    "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
  3. Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust (synset 114720954)
    "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
  4. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry (synset 114723913)
    "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
  5. An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body;
    Equal to 14 pounds (synset 113742705)
    "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
  6. The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed (synset 111705208)
    "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
  7. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) (synset 111339805)
  8. United States filmmaker (born in 1946) (synset 111339699)
  9. United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) (synset 111339565)
  10. United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) (synset 111339408)
  11. United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946) (synset 111339239)
  12. United States architect (1902-1978) (synset 111339129)
  13. A lack of feeling or expression or movement (synset 104637315)
    "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
Adjective
  1. Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors (synset 300385257)
Verb
  1. Kill by throwing stones at (synset 201326182)
    "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
  2. Remove the pits from (synset 200179712)
    "pit plums and cherries"

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