Meaning of stone In English

• 0 the hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used for building, or a piece of this:

  • a stone wall/floor

  • a flight of stone steps

  • a primitive stone axe

  • They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside.

  • Some demonstrators were arrested for throwing stones at the police.

  • kidney/gall stones

• 1 a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms, used especially when talking about a person's weight:

  • I weigh ten and a half stone.

  • She has put on/lost a stone (= is a stone heavier/lighter).

• 2 a small piece of a hard, valuable substance, such as a diamond, that is found in the ground and used in jewellery:

  • a precious/semiprecious stone

  • The large central diamond is surrounded by eight smaller stones.

• 3 a large, hard seed inside some types of fruit:

  • Peaches, plums, and olives all contain stones.

• 4 to throw stones at something or someone:

  • Rioters set up barricades and stoned police cars.

• 5 to remove the stone from a fruit:

  • Could you stone the cherries for me?

• 6 the hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used as a building material, or a small piece of this substance:

  • [ U ] The museum was made of stone.

  • [ C ] He wore a ring with a black stone on his little finger.

  • [ C ] kidney stones

• 7 a pit :

  • a cherry stone

• 8 to throw rocks or other hard objects at someone or something

• 9 completely:

  • By the time he was 80, he was stone deaf.