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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151 He threw a stone in the pond,and the water riffled for a long while and lay quiet again.
152 He flung a stone at the sparrows, he missed, scaring all the sparrows away.
153 The red door clashed with the soft, natural tones of the stone walls.
154 We can speculate that the stone circles were used in some sort of pagan ceremony.
155 I stopped at a low oak door set into the stone wall.
156 Stone farm buildings are ideal nesting sites for barn owls.
157 The stone ricocheted off the wall and hit a passer - by.
158 You can use a pumice stone in the bath to remove dry skin from your feet.
159 The boy who threw the stone is the one with curly hair.
160 He played off a mere stone as a genuine gem upon customers.
161 The naughty children have just heaved a stone through my window.
162 She picked up the stone and threw it into the river.
163 Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.
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164 Some fifty tons of stone are taken from the quarry every day.
165 Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
166 A stone hit his head and the street reeled before his eyes.
167 A memorial stone was dedicated to those who lost their lives in the war.
168 The prospect of having to pay a graduate tax until retirement would kill the students' enthusiasm stone dead.
169 He yanked on the brake when he saw a big stone ahead.
170 These proposals are for discussion, they're not carved in stone.
171 The flowers made a mass of colour against the stone wall.
172 The stone hit him on the forehead and he gave a sharp cry.
173 They left no stone unturned in their search for the child's mother.
174 The stone made a dent in the roof of the car.
175 She dropped her cup and watched it smash to pieces/to smithereens on the stone floor.
176 But the stone walls keep the farmer's cows from joining his neighbor's cows.
177 The programme should not be set in tablets of stone, but improved continuously.
178 She had an operation to remove a stone from her gall bladder.
179 The ground is as hard as stone after the drought.
180 A pair of large stone lions preside massively over the approach to the Summer Palace.
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.