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Meaning of stone in English

stone
noun
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/stəʊn/ us
/stoʊn/

stone noun (ROCK)

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B1 [ C or U ]
the hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used for building, or a piece of this:
a stone wall/floor
a flight of stone steps
a primitive stone axe
They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside.
throw a stone Some demonstrators were arrested for throwing stones at the police.
 
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[ C ]
a piece of hard material that can form in some organs in the body and cause severe pain:
kidney/gall stone How can I reduce the risk of developing kidney/gall stones?
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stone noun (WEIGHT)

[ C ] UK plural stone or stones
(written abbreviation st)
a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms, used especially when talking about a person's weight:
I weigh ten and a half stone.
put on/lose a stone She has put on/lost a stone (= is a stone heavier/lighter).
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stone noun (JEWEL)

B1 [ C ]
a small piece of a hard, valuable substance, such as a diamond, that is found in the ground and used in jewellery:
precious/semiprecious stone They deal in gold, silver, and precious/semiprecious stones.
The large central diamond is surrounded by eight smaller stones.
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stone noun (SEED)

C2 [ C ] mainly UK
(US usually pit)
a large, hard seed inside some types of fruit:
Peaches, plums, and olives all contain stones.
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stone noun (SPORT)

another word for curling stone

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drop/fall/sink like a stone
not be set/carved in stone
a stone's throw
stone
verb [ T ]
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/stoʊn/

stone verb [T] (THROW ROCKS)

to throw stones at something or someone:
Rioters set up barricades and stoned police cars.
stone someone to death
to kill someone as a punishment by throwing stones at them:
The crowd dragged him away and stoned him to death.
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stone verb [T] (REMOVE SEED)

(US usually pit)
to remove the stone from a fruit:
Could you stone the cherries for me?
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stone the crows!
(Definition of stone from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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stone
noun
us
/stoʊn/

stone noun (HARD SUBSTANCE)

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[ C/U ]
the hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used as a building material, or a small piece of this substance:
[ U ] The museum was made of stone.
[ C/U ]
A stone is also a jewel:
[ C ] He wore a ring with a black stone on his little finger.
[ C/U ]
A stone is also a piece of hard material that can form in an organ in the body:
[ C ] kidney stones

stone noun (SEED)

[ C ]
a pit :
a cherry stone

Idiom

a stone’s throw (away)
stone
verb [ T ]
us
/stoʊn/

stone verb [T] (THROW HARD SUBSTANCE)

to throw rocks or other hard objects at someone or something
stone
adverb [ not gradable ]
us
/stoʊn/

stone adverb [not gradable] (COMPLETELY)

completely:
By the time he was 80, he was stone deaf.
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石頭, 石料, 石塊…
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கடினமான, திட பொருள் அடிக்கடி கட்டிடம் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது என்று தரையில் காணப்படும், அல்லது இந்த ஒரு துண்டு…
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पत्थर, (आभूषणों में प्रयोग होने वाले पत्थर) रत्न, (कुछ फलों के अंदर की एक सख्त) गुठली…
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batu bata, batu, batu perhiasan…
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der Stein, Stein-…, der Edelstein…
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stein [masculine], kjerne [masculine], stone [masculine]…
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پتھر, قیمتی پتھر (ہیرا، جواہر وغیرہ), گٹھلی (بعض پھلوں میں ملنے والا بڑاسا بیج)…
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kamień, kamyk, kamień (= = 6…
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