stone

A small, hard piece of rock found on or in the ground.

• There is a stone in my shoe.
• She threw stones into the river.
• He picked up a smooth stone from the beach.

Similar words: rock, pebble

Common phrases: throw a stone, small stone, smooth stone

Hard natural material used to build walls, houses, and other structures.

• The walls are made of stone.
• They built the bridge from local stone.
• The artist carved a face in the stone.

Similar words: rock

Common phrases: made of stone, carved in stone, natural stone

The hard part in the middle of fruits such as peaches and cherries that contains the seed.

• Remove the stone from the peach.
• These plums have large stones.
• She planted an apricot stone in a pot.

Similar words: pit

Common phrases: peach stone, cherry stone, remove the stone

Made from hard rock material.

• We crossed a stone bridge.
• The cottage has stone walls.
• She sat on the cold stone steps.

Similar words: stonen

Common phrases: stone wall, stone bridge, stone floor

Looking like rock in color, texture, or shape.

• The plastic panel has a stone finish.
• We chose a stone effect for the painted wall.
• The ceramic pot has a stone appearance.

Similar words: stonelike

Common phrases: stone finish, stone effect, stone appearance

Completely, especially when describing something cold or someone unable to hear.

• My coffee is stone cold.
• Her grandfather is stone deaf.
• By morning, the fire was stone dead.

Similar words: completely, totally

Common phrases: stone cold, stone deaf, stone dead, stone crazy

To throw rocks at someone or something, sometimes to kill a person.

• The crowd tried to stone him.
• They stoned the building and broke its windows.
• The prisoner was stoned to death.

How to use it: stone someone to death (The mob threatened to stone the man to death.)

Similar words: pelt with rocks

Common phrases: stone someone, stone to death, stone a building

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