stone

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English

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Etymology

From Old English stān, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stai-. Cognate with Scots stane, Dutch steen, German Stein, Swedish sten, Danish sten, Norwegian stein and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek στῖον (stion, “pebble”), Russian стена (stená, “wall”).

Pronunciation

Noun

stone (countable and uncountable; plural stones)

  1. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.
  2. A small piece of stone.
  3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  4. (UK) (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
    • 1843: Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds. — The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
    • 1882: Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stones. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England Volume 4, p. 209.
  5. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
    a peach stone
  6. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
    kidney stone
  7. (board games)A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
  8. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
    stone colour:
  9. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

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Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun

Verb

to stone (third-person singular simple present stones, present participle stoning, simple past and past participle stoned)

  1. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
  2. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
  3. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
  4. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)

Synonyms

Translations

kill by pelting with stones
remove stone from
form a stone during growth
  • Swahili: jiwe sw(sw)
intoxicate, especially with narcotics
  • Hungarian: belő hu(hu)
  • Macedonian: стонира mk(mk) (stoníra)
  • Swahili: jiwe sw(sw)
  • Swedish: bli stenad

Adjective

stone (not comparable)

  1. Constructed of stone.
    stone walls
  2. Having the appearance of stone.
    stone pot
  3. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  4. Complete, absolute, of the highest degree.
    stone free

Translations

constructed of stone
  • Macedonian: камен mk(mk) (kámen) m.
  • Persian: سنگی fa(fa)
  • Polish: kamienny pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: de pedra, pétreo
  • Russian: каменный ru(ru) (kámennyj)
  • Spanish: de piedra es(es), pétreo es(es)
  • Swahili: jiwe sw(sw)
  • Swedish: sten-, av sten
  • Telugu: రాతి te(te) (raati)
having the appearance of stone
  • Norwegian: steinaktig no(no)
  • Persian: سنگی fa(fa)
  • Swahili: jiwe sw(sw)
  • Telugu: రాతి te(te) (raati)

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Asked by rjrmpk - Sat Jan 26 13:30:34 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Below are two links. The first is to a site giving instructions on how to grow moss on rocks by making a smoothie to coat the rocks. I have heard of people using buttermilk, yogurt, and beer as food for the moss in this recipe. Consider, though, that not all plants labelled "moss" are actually mosses. The 2nd & 3rd links show plants called Scotch moss, and Irish moss that are not mosses.
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