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Etymology
OE. term|stan|st�n, from Ger. term||<nowiki>*</nowiki>stainaz, from PIE. term||<nowiki>*</nowiki>stai-. Cognate with Scots stane, Dutch steen, German Stein, Swedish and Danish sten, Norwegian stein and (from Indo-European) with Greek ���ον ("pebble"), Russian ��ена ("wall").

Noun
en-noun|countable and uncountable; plural stones except as shown below

1. uncountable A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.
2. A small piece of stone.
3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. UK (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc.

#:* 1882: Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen tods. &mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England Volume 4, p. 209.

1. botany The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

#: a peach stone

1. medicine A hard, stone-like deposit.

#: kidney stone

1. A piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
2. colour A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

#: <table><tr><td>stone colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#8A807C" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

1. curling A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which are bowled down the ice.

Synonyms
(substance): rock
(small piece of stone): pebble
(hard stone-like deposit): calculus
(curling piece): rock

Derived terms
cast the first stone
sink like a stone

Translations
trans-top|substance
Albanian: gur m
Armenian: �ա� (k�ar)
Asturian: piedra f
Basque: harri
Breton: maen m, mein p
Bulgarian: кам�к (kam�k) m
Catalan: pedra f
Chinese: � (shí)
Chuvash: ��л (chul)
Croatian: kamen m
Czech: kámen m
Danish: sten m
Dutch: steen m
Esperanto: �tono
Estonian: kivi
Finnish: kivi
French: pierre f
Frisian: stien m
German: Stein m
Greek: λίθο� (líthos) m
Guaraní: ita
Hawaiian: haku
Hungarian: k�
Icelandic: steinn m
Ido: petro
Ilocano: bato
Indonesian: batu
Interlingua: petra
Irish: cloch f2
Italian: pietra f, roccia f
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Japanese: � (��, ishi)
Korean: � (dol)
Kurdish: kevir, ber, berd, kuç, KUchar|ب��رد
Latin: lapis m
Latvian: akmens m
Lithuanian: akmuo g|Lithuanian
Low Saxon: steen
Malagasy: vato
Maori: whatu
Northern Sami: gea�gi
Old English: stan
Pitjantjatjara: apu
Polish: kamie� m
Portuguese: pedra f
Russian: камен� (kámen�) m
Romanian: piatr� f
Sardinian (Nugorese): preda f
Scots: stane
Scottish Gaelic: clach f
Serbian: kamen m
Slovak: kame� m
Slovene: kamen m
Spanish: piedra f
Swedish: sten c
Tagalog: bato
Tupinambá: itá
Turkish: ta�
Ukrainian: кам�н� (kam�n�) m
Vietnamese: �á
Welsh: carreg f
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trans-top|small piece of stone
Arabic: ARchar|حجر|ح�ج�ر� (ħájar) m
Breton: kailhenn f, kailhoù p
Bulgarian: кам�к (kam�k) m
Chuvash: ��л
Czech: kámen m
Dutch: steen m, steentje n
Estonian: kivi
Finnish: kivi
French: pierre f
German: Stein m
Hindi: पत�थर (pat�thar) m
Hungarian: kavics
Icelandic: steinn m
Irish: cloch f2
Italian: pietra f, sasso m, sassolino m
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Japanese �� (���, koishi)
Korean: � (dol)
Kurdish: kevir, ber, berd, kuç
Latin: lapis m
Marathi: द�ड (dagadd) g|Marathi
Polish: kamyk m
Portuguese: pedra f
Slovene: kamen m
Spanish: piedra f
Swedish: sten c
Tupinambá: itá
Turkish: ta�
Ukrainian: кам�не�� (kaminets�) m
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trans-top|gem stone
Finnish: kivi, jalokivi
French: gemme f
German: Edelstein m, Schmuckstein m
Icelandic: gimsteinn m, eðalsteinn m
Italian: gemma f
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Korean: 보� (寶�, boseok)
Spanish: gema f, piedra preciosa f
Swedish: ädelsten
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trans-top|unit of mass
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trans-top|centre of some fruits
Arabic: ARchar|��اة (naw�) f
Finnish: kivi
French: noyau m
Icelandic: steinn m
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Polish: pestka f
Slovak: kôstka f
Spanish: hueso m
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trans-top|medical: hard, stone-like deposit
Breton: maen-gravell m, mein-gravell p
Bulgarian: кам�к (kam�k) m
Chinese: � (shí)
Czech: kámen m
Dutch: steen m
Estonian: kivi
Finnish: kivi
French: calcul m
German: Stein m
Italian: calcolo m
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Korean: 결� (��, gyeolseok)
Kurdish: kevir, ber, berd, kuç
Polish: kamie� m
Portuguese: pedra f
Slovene: kamen m
Spanish: cálculo f
Swedish: sten c
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trans-top|piece of hard material used in board games
Czech: kámen m
Dutch: stuk n, pion m
Finnish: nappula
German: Stein m
trans-mid
Kurdish: berik, kabik
Slovak: kame� m
Swedish: pjäs c
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trans-top|colour
Finnish: kivenharmaa
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trans-top|curling stone
Finnish: kivi
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Latin: saxum n; petra f

Verb
en-verb|ston|ing

1. transitive To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
2. transitive To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
3. intransitive To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
4. context|transitive|slang To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)

Translations
trans-top|kill by pelting with stones
Arabic: ARchar|رج� (rajama)
Breton: labezañ, meinata
Dutch: stenigen
Finnish: kivittää
French: lapider
German: steinigen
Interlingua: lapidar
Italian: lapidare
trans-mid
Polish: kamienowa�
Portuguese: apedrejar, lapidar
Slovak: kame�ovať m
Spanish: lapidar
Swedish: stena
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trans-top|remove stone from
Finnish: poistaa kivi
French: dénoyauter
trans-mid
Polish: drylowa�
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trans-top|form a stone during growth
Finnish: kovettua
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trans-top|intoxicate, especially with narcotics
Dutch: zich drogeren
French: défoncer
German: sich berauschen
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Swedish: bli stenad
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Constructed of stone.

#: stone walls

1. Having the appearance of stone.

#: stone pot

1. colour Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
2. Complete, absolute, of the highest degree.

#: stone free

Translations
trans-top|constructed of stone
Armenian: �ա�եշեն (qarešen)
Breton: maen
Bulgarian: каменен (kamenen) m
Dutch: stenen
Finnish: kivinen, kivi-
French: de pierre, en pierre
German: steinern
Interlingua: de petra, petrose
Italian: pietroso m, petroso m, roccioso m
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Latvian: akmens m
Portuguese: de pedra, pétreo
Spanish: de piedra, pétreo m, pétrea f
Swedish: sten-, av sten
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trans-top|having the appearance of stone
Dutch: stenen
Finnish: kivijäljitelmä-
German: steinern
Italian: pietroso m, petroso m, roccioso m
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Adverb
en-adv|-

1. As a stone (used with following adjective).

#: My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.

1. slang absolutely|Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).

#: I went stone crazy after she left.

Derived terms
stone cold
stone dead
stone deaf

Translations
trans-top|absolutely, completely
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "stone"
Bath stone
birthstone
Black Stone
Blarney Stone
bluestone
bondstone
cast the first stone
china stone
cinnamon stone
cobblestone
cornerstone
curling stone
dolostone
dripstone
dry-stone
eolith
fieldstone
flagstone
footstone
foundation stone
freestone
gallstone
gravestone
grindstone
hard as stone
headstone
heathstone
keystone
kidney stone
kill two birds with one stone
leave no stone unturned
lodestone
milestone
oilstone
paving stone
Philosopher's Stone, Philosophers' Stone
pipestone
pizza stone
precious stone
pudding stone
rhinestone
rolling stone
Rosetta Stone
soapstone
standing stone
stepping stone
Stone Age
stone bass
stone boat
stone cold
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stone crab
stone curlew
stone dead
stone deaf
stone fruit
stone hands
stone lily
stone marten
stone mint
stone parsley
stone pine
stone pit
stone shoot
stone the crows
stone-blind
stonebreaker
stone-broke
stonecast
stonechat
stone-cold
stonecrop
stonecutter
stoned
stone-dead
stone-deaf
stone-faced
stonefish
stonefly
stoneground
stone-ground
stonehearted
Stonehenge
stoneless
stonemason
stoner
stoneroller
stone's throw
stonewall
stonewall
stonewaller
stoneware
stonewashed
stonework
stonewort
stoneyard
throw stones
touchstone
whetstone
whinstone
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Related terms
rel-top|terms related to "stone"
acrolith
lapidary
lapidate
litharge
lithiasis
lithic
lithify
lithography
lithoid
lithotomy
lithotripsy
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lithotripter
menhir
monolithic
sangar
sardonyx
sarsen
saxatile
saxicolous
saxifrage
trilithon
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See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

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