stone

noun

• 1the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material:the houses are built of stone [as modifier]:high stone walls
• a small piece of rock found on the ground.
• (in metaphorical use) weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement:Isabel stood as if turned to stone her face became as hard as stone the elevator dropped like a stone
• Astronomy a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.
• Medicine a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.

• 2a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation:a memorial stone boundary stones
• a gem or jewel.
• short for curling stone.
• a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games such as backgammon.
• a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and later usually of metal, on which pages of type were made up.

• 3a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.

• 4 (plural same) British a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg):I weighed 10 stone

• 5a natural shade of whitish-gray or brownish-gray: [as modifier]:stone stretch trousers

verb

• 1throw stones at:policemen were stoned by the crowd

• 2remove the stone from (a fruit):halve, stone, and peel the avocados

• 3build, face, or pave with stone.