stone

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
2. (countable) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
3. (countable, uncountable) A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. (British, countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, uncountable) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
6. (countable, uncountable) A hard, stone-like deposit.
7. (countable, uncountable) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
8. (countable, uncountable) A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
9. (countable, uncountable) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. (countable, uncountable) A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A mirror, or its glass.
12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A testicle.
13. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Constructed of stone.
2. (not-comparable) Having the appearance of stone.
3. (not-comparable) Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
4. (not-comparable) Used as an intensifier.
5. (not-comparable, slang) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) As a stone (used with following adjective).
2. (not-comparable, slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

Verb

1. (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
2. (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
3. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
4. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
5. (slang, transitive) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
6. (Singapore, intransitive, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
7. (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

Opposite of

pillow princess

Synonyms

rock

🪨

pit

pebble

boulder

seed

kernel

pip

calculus

gem

💎

lapidate

throw stones at

stones

mountain

⛰️

gemstone

stony

hill

flint

made of stone

cliff

endocarp

jewel

coral

🪸

nut

clay

white rock

stone block

pelt with stones

hard rock

unfeeling

small stone

rough

flat

rocky

bullet

ore

lump

money

💸

big

core

gravestone

concretion

gravel

coign

cobble

block

blistering

battery

🔋

chisel

cave

black

Translations

pierre

🪨

piedra

🪨

Stein

🪨

steen

🪨

pedra

🪨

pietra

🪨

πέτρα

pedra

🪨

lapis

🪨

caillou

sasso

🪨

noyau

🪨

lapider

🪨

λίθος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stəʊn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ston

Inherited from Old English: stān

Cognate with Dutch: steen

Cognate with German: Stein

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: sten

Cognate with Norwegian: stein

Cognate with Russian: стена́

Cognate with Ancient Greek: στία

Cognate with Albanian: shtëng

Cognate with Sanskrit: स्त्यायते

In summary

From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).
Cognate with Scots stane (“stone”), North Frisian stian, Stiin, stiinj (“stone”), Saterland Frisian Steen (“stone”), West Frisian stien (“stone”), Dutch steen (“stone”), German Stein (“stone”), German Low German Steen, Stein (“stone”), Luxembourgish Steen (“stone”), Vilamovian śtan (“stone”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish sten (“stone”), Faroese steinur (“stone”), Gutnish stain (“stone”), Icelandic steinn (“stone”), Norwegian Nynorsk stein (“stone”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains, “stone”). Compare also Russian стена́ (stená, “wall”), Ancient Greek στία (stía, “pebble”), στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit स्त्यायते (styāyate, “it hardens”)). Doublet of stain, stean, and stein.