stone

გამოთქმა: /stəʊn/

Universal

1 [mass noun] hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material: the houses are built of stone [as modifier]:high stone walls
used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement:Isabel stood as if turned to stone the elevator dropped like a stone
[count noun] a small piece of rock found on the ground.
[count noun] Astronomy a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.
[count noun] Medicine a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.

2a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation:a memorial stone boundary stones
a gem or jewel: a gold ring with a small dark red stone
short for curling stone.
a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games, especially the Japanese game of go.
a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and now usually of metal, on which pages of type are made up.

4 (plural same) British a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg):I weighed 10 stone

5 [mass noun] a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey: [as modifier]:stone stretch trousers

Universal

1throw stones at:policemen were stoned by the crowd two people were stoned to death

2remove the stone from (a fruit): (as adjective stoned)add 50 g of stoned black olives

3build, face, or pave with stone: (as adjective, in combination -stoned)the honey-stoned, eighteenth-century city

be written (or engraved or set) in stone: used to emphasize that something is fixed and unchangeable:anything can change—nothing is written in stone
cast (or throw) the first stone: be the first to make an accusation (used to emphasize that a potential critic is not wholly blameless).
[with biblical allusion to John 8:7]
leave no stone unturned: try every possible course of action in order to achieve something.
stone me! (or stone the crows!): British informal an exclamation of surprise or shock.
a stone's throw: a short distance:the Sea Life Centre is just a stone’s throw from the sea itself

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