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Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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

rock

throw stones at

pelt with stones

small stone

white rock

stone block

light gray

memorial tablet

wage war

a stone

bit of gravel

bowlder

grinding stone

large stone

sharp-pointed

stone slab

throw stones

type of

calculus I

round stone

large rock

coarse sand

printer’s table

iron, etc. used in weighing

cold-eyed

building stone

conglomerate rock

infinitesimal analysis

lump of rock

sharpen a knife

slip stone

Tính thường xuyên

Phát âm là (IPA)

/stəʊn/

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”). See also Dutch steen, German Stein, Danish and Swedish sten, Norwegian stein; 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 stein.