Significato di stone in italiano

• 0 a hard, natural substance that is found in the ground -- pietra

  • a stone wall un muro di pietra

• 1 a small rock or piece of rock -- sasso, pietra

• 2 a hard, valuable substance that is often used in jewellery -- pietra (preziosa)

  • precious stones pietre preziose

• 3 a unit for measuring weight, equal to 6.35 kilograms or 14 pounds -- unità di misura di peso nel Regno Unito, pari a 6,35 kg o 14 libbre

• 4 a large, hard seed that grows inside some types of fruit and vegetables -- nocciolo

  • a cherry stone un nocciolo di ciliegia

• 5 (also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed -- pietra; di pietra

  • limestone

  • sandstone

  • a stone house

  • stone walls

  • In early times, men made tools out of stone.

• 6 a piece of this, of any shape or size -- pietra

  • He threw a stone at the dog.

• 7 a piece of this shaped for a special purpose -- pietra

  • a tombstone

  • paving-stones

  • a grindstone.

• 8 a gem or jewel -- pietra

  • She lost the stone out of her ring

  • diamonds, rubies and other stones.

• 9 the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries -- nocciolo

  • a cherry-stone.

• 10 a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes -- stone

  • She weighs 9.5 stone.

• 11 a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain -- calcolo

  • a kidney stone

• 12 to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment -- lapidare

  • Saint Stephen was stoned to death.

• 13 to remove the stones from (fruit) -- snocciolare

  • She washed and stoned the cherries.