Stone

UK: /ˈstəʊn/ US: /stoʊn/ ,(stōn)

Inflections of 'stone' (n):

stone

npl (When talking about weight)

stones

npl (All other usages)

Inflections of 'stone' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

stones

v 3rd person singular

stoning

v pres p

stoned

v past

stoned

v past p

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Stone / stəʊn/ noun

1. Oliver. born 1946, US film director and screenwriter: his films include Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), Nixon (1995), Alexander (2004), and World Trade Center (2006)
2. Sharon. born 1958, US film actress: her films include Basic Instinct (1991), Casino (1995), and Cold Creek Manor (2003)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

stone /stoʊn/   n., pl. stones for 1-5. 7-19. , stone for 6. ;
adj., adv., v.,.  stoned, ston•ing. 
n. 

1. [uncountable] the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks are made.
2. a piece of rock made into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose:
   [countable] paving stones.
3. a small piece of rock, as a pebble:
   [countable] He taught his daughter how to skip stones in the water.
4. Jewelry a mineral used in jewelry;
   a gemstone:
   [countable] a ring with a bright blue stone.
5. Weights and Measures [countable] one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
6. Botany any small, hard seed, as of a cherry or a date;
   a pit.
7. Pathology a buildup, often in a rounded shape, of a calciumlike substance in the body, as in the kidney.

adj. 

8. of or relating to stone or stoneware.

adv. 

9. completely;
   totally:
   stone deaf.

v. [~ + object]

10. to throw stones at:
    The angry mob stoned the embassy.
11. to put to death by throwing stones at (someone):
    They stoned him to death.
12. to remove stones from (fruit).

Idioms

13. Idioms cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn a wrongdoer.
14. Idioms leave no stone unturned, to explore every possibility:
    The police left no stone unturned until the killer was brought to justice.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

stone (stōn),  n., pl. stones for 1–5, 7–19, stone for 6, adj., adv., v., stoned, ston•ing. 

n. 

1. the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
2. a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.
3. a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose:
   paving stone; building stone.
4. a small piece of rock, as a pebble.
5. Jewelry See precious stone. 
6. Weights and Measures one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
7. something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
8. Botany any small, hard seed, as of a date;
   pit.
9. Botany the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
10. Pathology
    • a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder.
    • a disease arising from such a concretion.
11. a gravestone or tombstone.
12. a grindstone.
13. Building a millstone.
14. Meteorology a hailstone.
15. Building any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
16. Printing a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
17. Fine Art, Printing (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.
18. Games a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.
19. Usually, stones. testes.
20. cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer;
    be hasty in one's judgment:
    What right has she to cast the first stone?
21. leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal;
    spare no effort:
    We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit.

adj. 

22. made of or pertaining to stone.
23. made of stoneware:
    a stone mug or bottle.
24. stonelike;
    stony;
    obdurate:
    a stone killer; stone strength.

adv. 

25. completely;
    totally (usually used in combination):
    stone cold.

v.t. 

26. to throw stones at;
    drive by pelting with stones.
27. to put to death by pelting with stones.
28. to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.
29. to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
30. to remove stones from, as fruit.
31. [Obs.] to make insensitive or unfeeling.

• bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English stan, sto(o)n, Old English stān; cognate with Dutch steen, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains; akin to Greek stí̄a pebble, Latin stīria icicle; (verb, verbal) Middle English stanen, stonen, derivative of the noun, nominal; (adjective, adjectival and adverb, adverbial) Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal

ston′a•ble, stone′a•ble, adj. 
stone′less, adj. 
stone′less•ness, n. 
stone′like′, adj. 
ston′er, n. 

Stone  (stōn), n. 

Edward Du•rell  (dŏŏ rel′, dyŏŏ-), 1902–78, U.S. architect. Har•lan Fiske  (här′lən), 1872–1946, U.S. jurist: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1941–46.
1. Biographical Irving, born 1903, U.S. author.
I(sidor) F(ein•stein)  (fīn′stīn), born 1907, U.S. political journalist.
2. Biographical Lucy, 1818–93, U.S. suffragist (wife of Henry Brown Blackwell).

stone, +adj. 

1. stonelike;
   stony;
   obdurate:
   a stone killer; stone strength.

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stone / stəʊn/ noun

1. the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are made
2. a small lump of rock; pebble
3. short for gemstone
4. a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose
5. (in combination): gravestone, millstone
6. something that resembles a stone
7. (in combination): hailstone
8. the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp
9. any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date
10. (stone) a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms
11. Also called: granite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling
12. a nontechnical name for calculus
13. a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table
14. (modifier) relating to or made of stone: a stone house
15. (modifier) made of stoneware: a stone jar
16. cast a stone at ⇒ cast aspersions upon
17. heart of stone ⇒ an obdurate or unemotional nature
18. leave no stone unturned ⇒ to do everything possible to achieve an end

verb (transitive)

1. to throw stones at, esp to kill
2. to remove the stones from
3. to furnish or provide with stones
4. stone the crows ⇒ an expression of surprise, dismay, etc

Etymology: Old English stān; related to Old Saxon stēn, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebble