stone


Meanings

  • 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;
    • "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
  • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;
    • "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
  • 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;
    • "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
  • 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;
    • "he must have a heart of stone"
    • "her face was as hard as stone"
  • kill by throwing stones at;
    • "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
  • remove the pits from;
  • of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
  • STONE v STONED, STONING, STONES to pelt with stones (pieces of concreted earthy or mineral matter) STONABLE adj


Scrabble Score: 5

stone is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

stone is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

stone is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 6

stone is a valid Words With Friends word