stone

Letters that make stone

s, o, e, n, t are letters that make 'stone'

Words within stone

tone, ton, one, on, NE, Ne are words within 'stone'

Anagrams of stone

notes, steno, tones, onset are anagrams of 'stone'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of stone

stoner, stones, stoney, stoned are words created by adding a letter to 'stone'


10 possible definitions for 'stone'

Stone as "building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of building material.

Types of stone

ashlar, capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher, cornerstone, cornerstone, foundation stone, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, hearthstone, monolith, paving stone, impost, stele, stela, whetstone, springer, grindstone, millstone are types of 'stone'.

Instances of stone

Blarney Stone. is an instance of stone

Example of stone used within this context

"he wanted a special stone to mark the site"


Stone as "a lack of feeling or expression or movement"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness.

Derivatives of stone

stony, granitic, flint, flinty, obdurate are derivatives of 'stone'.

Example of stone used within this context

"he must have a heart of stone", "her face was as hard as stone"


Stone as "remove the pits from"

Under this definition, stone is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pit has the same meaning as stone

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of withdraw, take away, remove, take.

Derivatives of stone

pit, endocarp, stone are derivatives of 'stone'.


Stone as "kill by throwing stones at"

Under this definition, stone is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

lapidate has the same meaning as stone

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of kill.

Derivatives of stone

stoner, rock, lapidator, stone, stoning, lapidation are derivatives of 'stone'.

Example of stone used within this context

"People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"


Stone as "a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

gemstone, gem have the same meaning as 'stone'

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of crystal.

Types of stone

transparent gem, cabochon, opaque gem are types of 'stone'.

stone as a part

'stone' can be a part of jewelry, jewellery.

Example of stone used within this context

"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife", "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"


Stone as "material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rock has the same meaning as stone

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of stuff, material.

Types of stone

matrix, crushed rock, caliche, claystone, shingling, dolomite, conglomerate, fieldstone, marble, quartzite, road metal, sedimentary rock, sial, sima, metamorphic rock, gravel, pumice, pumice stone, aphanite, emery stone, emery rock, pudding stone, greisen, tufa, calc-tufa, magma, igneous rock, limestone are types of 'stone'.

Substances of stone

mineral is a substance of stone.

Derivatives of stone

lapidate, stone are derivatives of 'stone'.

Example of stone used within this context

"that mountain is solid rock", "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"


Stone as "an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body, equal to 14 pounds"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of avoirdupois unit.

stone as a part

'stone' can be a part of quarter.

Parts of stone

pound, lb are parts of 'stone'.

stone as a region

'stone' can be a region of United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain

Example of stone used within this context

"a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"


Stone as "the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pit, endocarp have the same meaning as 'stone'

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of pericarp, seed vessel.

Types of stone

peach pit, cherry stone are types of 'stone'.

Derivatives of stone

stony, granitic, pit, stone, flint, flinty, obdurate are derivatives of 'stone'.

Example of stone used within this context

"you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"


Stone as "a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter"

Under this definition, stone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rock has the same meaning as stone

stone as a type

'stone' can be a type of natural object.

Types of stone

achondrite, boulder, bowlder, chondrite, clastic rock, pebble, outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop, petrifaction, tor, wall rock, whinstone, whin, xenolith, bedrock, concretion, calculus, crystallization, intrusion, sill, crystal, stepping stone are types of 'stone'.

Derivatives of stone

rocky, stony, lapidate, bouldery, bouldered, stone are derivatives of 'stone'.


Stone as "of any of various dull tannish or grey colors"

Under this definition, stone is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to stone

chromatic is similar to stone.



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