Collocations for "stone"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stone" in context.
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stone
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [blue, round, large, rough, bright] stone
- a [pumice, quarry] stone
- [precious, gem, rare, ancient] stones
- [paving, floor, fireplace, stepping] stones
- an [apricot, avocado] stone
- UK: (spat out the) cherry stone
- the walls are [built, made] of stone
- [throw, hurl, launch, skim, skip] a stone
- stop throwing stones!
- who cast the first stone?
- UK: is like getting blood [from, out of] a stone!
- the [rules, instructions, commands] are (not) set in stone
- the job was [merely, simply] a stepping stone (for her)
- a stepping stone to [fame, success, greater things]
- [her face, the elevator] dropped like a stone
- have a [kidney, gall] stone removed
- left no stone unturned (in our efforts)
- UK: weighs [eight, 15] stone
- UK: [lose, put on] a stone (in weight)
- UK: (enter your weight) in stones and pounds
- convert from stones to [pounds, kilos]
- UK: the stone of a [cherry]
- a stone [wall, counter, fireplace]
- stone-stretched canvas
- stone cold
- a stone-cold killer
- stone her to death
- stone him for his crimes
- [will be, was] stoned to death
- she was stoned (to death) for adultery
- stoned the [windows, building, embassy]
- [angry mobs, protestors, rioters] stoned the [windows]
- stone [an apricot, the avocado]
'stone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a stone's throw
- age
- altar
- angle
- arch
- architecture
- ashtray
- barbecue
- bead
- bird
- birth
- carving
- cave
- chimney
- chisel
- coarse
- column
- construct
- construction
- course
- crawl
- crow
- etch
- facade
- facing
- fender
- fireplace
- flawed
- fling
- flint
- front
- gateway
- hearth
- keep
- ledger
- moss
- oven
- pass
- pave
- pearl
- pick
- pillar
- pizza
- plug
- precious
- ripple
- rolling
- roof
- rubble
- scrape