Stone example sentences
Related (10): rock, pebble, boulder, granite, marble, slate, sandstone, limestone, cobblestone, brick
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stone (noun) · stones (plural noun)
- hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material:
- used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement:
- a small piece of rock found on the ground.
- a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.
- a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.
- a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation:
- a gem or jewel:
- short for curling stone
- a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games such as backgammon.
- a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and later usually of metal, on which pages of type were made up.
- a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.
- a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg):
- a natural shade of whitish-gray or brownish-gray:
- throw stones at:
- remove the stone from (a fruit):
- build, face, or pave with stone:
Synonyms
rock, pebble, boulder, cobbles, gravel, scree, concretion, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, tablet, monument, monolith, obelisk, gem, gemstone, jewel, brilliant, bijou, kernel, seed, pip, pit, endocarp, fawn, buff, sand, sandy, oatmeal, wheaten, biscuit, coffee, camel, kasha, ecru, taupe, mushroom, putty, greige, neutral, natural, Legal"Stone" Example Sentences
Common Phases
• cornerstone
• bedrock
• stone's throw
• throw stones
• cold as stone
• turn to stone
• leave no stone unturned
• written in stone
• set in stone
• hard as stone
• cast the first stone
• kill two birds with one stone
• worth your weight in stone
• cold stone
• carved in stone
• a stone's throw away
• break the stone
• like rolling stones
• stonewall
• strong as stone
• tough as stone
• moved to stone
• silent as stone
• dead as a stone
• solid as stone
• stubborn as stone
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