stone
noun
[ stəʊn ]
• hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material.
• "the houses are built of stone"
• a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation.
• "a memorial stone"
• a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.
• a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg).
• "I weighed 10 stone"
• a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey.
• "stone stretch trousers"
stone
verb
• throw stones at.
• "three vehicles were stoned and torched"
• remove the stone from (a fruit).
• build, face, or pave with stone.
• "the honey-stoned, eighteenth-century city"
Origin:
Old English stān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein . The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in stone (sense 1 of the verb)).
