noun Download 🔗Share A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks. Examples : "The old stone wall around the park was very tall. " material geology substance building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small piece of stone, a pebble. Examples : "The child carefully collected small stones, pebbles, on the way home from school. " geology material nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond. Examples : "My grandmother's ring has a beautiful stone; it's a real diamond. " mineral material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms Examples : "My grandfather weighed 12 stone. " mass unit essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer. Examples : "a peach stone" fruit part seed plant essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hard, stone-like deposit. Examples : "kidney stone" medicine physiology substance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go. Examples : "My grandfather used his special stone in the backgammon game. " game material item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones. Examples : "The old stone house had a dull, light gray exterior, typical of many older buildings in the area. " appearance color material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice. Examples : "The curler carefully placed the stone on the ice and then bowled it towards the target. " sport material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone. Examples : "The old stone marked the spot where her grandfather was buried. " architecture history religion culture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mirror, or its glass. Examples : "The antique shop owner polished the old stone, admiring its smooth surface. " material substance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A testicle of an animal. Examples : "The veterinarian examined the bull's stone to check its health. " anatomy organ animal body sex essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone. Examples : "The printer carefully placed the manuscript on the imposing stone before setting the type. " material technology machine industry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones. Examples : "She got stoned to death after they found her." action law religion ritual war essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wall with stones. Examples : "The schoolyard was stone-walled to prevent students from wandering into the park. " architecture building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove a stone from (fruit etc.). Examples : "Before eating the peach, I needed to stone it. " fruit food agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc. Examples : "The plum tree's fruit began to stone as it ripened. " fruit plant biology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive) Examples : "The student was stoned at the party, and couldn't focus on his homework the next day. " medicine substance mind sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored. Examples : "During the long, boring meeting, Sarah just sat there, stone-faced and stone. " mind action human attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities. Examples : "To prepare the wood for the new tabletop, the carpenter stoned the surface. " material technical process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Constructed of stone. Examples : "stone walls" material building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones. Examples : "The old stone walls of the schoolyard were a dull, stone color. " appearance color essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adverb Download 🔗Share As a stone (used with following adjective). Examples : "My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold." material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives). Examples : "I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind." language word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading