Synonym: gem, pebble, rock. Similar words: rest on, astonished, astonishment, ton, tone, get on, put on, sit on. Meaning: [stəʊn] n. 1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter 2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust 3. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose 4. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry 5. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed 6. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds 7. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) 8. United States filmmaker (born in 1946) 9. United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) 10. United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) 11. United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946) 12. United States architect (1902-1978) 13. a lack of feeling or expression or movement. v. 1. kill by throwing stones at 2. remove the pits from. adj. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors.
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121 The witch had turned them all into stone.
122 The house is fronted with stone.
123 They riprapped the dykes of the reservoir with stone.
124 A stone hit the car and damaged the paintwork.
125 The house was made out of stone.
126 A stone is an inanimate object.
127 Mum, feel this stone. Isn't it smooth?
128 They sit and chisel the stone to size.
129 He threw a stone at the window.
130 Well, stone the crows - it's five o'clock already!
131 The inscription on the stone tablet has been rubbed away by the hands of countless tourists over the centuries.
132 Getting an apology from him was like getting blood from a stone.
133 The ring fell into the water and sank like a stone.
134 We can be very flexible-our entry requirements are not set in tablets of stone .
135 They hope, in fact,(www.Sentencedict.com) to kill two birds with one stone.
136 Any feeling he had left for her was now stone dead.
137 The inscription was engraved in the stone of the memorial.
138 Persuading Chris to buy a round of drinks is like getting blood out of a stone.
139 I keep a stone as a memento of our holiday.
140 She seized the doll and dashed it against the stone wall with tremendous force.
141 Getting the truth out of her is like getting blood out of a stone.
142 I waved goodbye and went down the stone harbour steps.
143 Although it was summer a fire burned in the great stone hearth.
144 I happened on a rare stone in a small jeweller's.
145 The simple stone floor is the perfect foil for the brightly coloured furnishings.
146 At 18 stone, I can't run around the way I used to. There again(Sentencedict.com), some people say I never did.
147 Sharon Stone rocketed to fame in the film 'Basic Instinct'.
148 In 1853 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of the new palace.
149 Hillsden took a sip of tea, but it was stone cold.
150 He was knocked out by a stone hurled at him from the other side of the road.
More similar words: rest on, astonished, astonishment, ton, tone, get on, put on, sit on, act on, button, proton, cotton, up to now, wait on, at once, as to, stop, button up, count on, stove, stock, story, comment on, at one time, report on, get on with, all at once, autonomy, history, pistol.