stones

Meanings

Noun

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
• a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
  • "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
• an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
  • "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
• United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
• United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
• United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
• United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
• United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
• United States architect (1902-1978)
• a lack of feeling or expression or movement
• plural of stone
• Testicles; balls.
• Courage.

Verb

• kill by throwing stones at
• remove the pits from
• third-person singular simple present indicative of stone

Synonyms

Edward Durell Stone, endocarp, gem, gemstone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone, Harlan Stone, I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone, lapidate, Lucy Stone, Oliver Stone, pit, rock, Stone, stone