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      stone
      noun
      (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
      (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
      A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
      (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
      (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
      (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
      (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
      A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
      (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
      A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
      (countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
      (countable) A male given name.
      A placename:
      A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).
      A locale in the United States.
      An unincorporated community in California.
      An unincorporated community in Indiana.
      An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.
      An unincorporated community in the town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin.
      A village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).
      A village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).
      A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).
      A hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).
      A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).
      A locale in England:
      Ellipsis of Stone County. [One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Mountain View. It was named after natural stone formations.]
      (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
      (obsolete) A testicle.
      (printing, historical) 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.
      verb
      (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
      (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
      (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
      (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
      (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
      (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
      (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
      adjective
      Constructed of stone.
      Having the appearance of stone.
      Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
      (African-American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
      (LGBTQ, slang) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
      adverb
      As a stone (used with following adjective).
      (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
      Synonyms for stone
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      Words related to stone
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