stone

/stɐʉn/

A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

A small piece of stone, a pebble.

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

(plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms

The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

a peach stone

A hard, stone-like deposit.

kidney stone

A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.

A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

A mirror, or its glass.

A testicle of an animal.

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

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