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Meaning of stone

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stone
      adj 1: of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
      n 1: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he
           threw a rock at me" [syn: {rock}, {stone}]
      2: 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"
      3: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those
         making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock";
         "stone is abundant in New England and there are many
         quarries" [syn: {rock}, {stone}]
      4: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
         "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels
         made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gem}, {gemstone},
         {stone}]
      5: 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"
      6: 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" [syn: {stone}, {pit}, {endocarp}]
      7: United States jurist who was named chief justice of the
         United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt
         (1872-1946) [syn: {Stone}, {Harlan Stone}, {Harlan F. Stone},
         {Harlan Fisk Stone}]
      8: United States filmmaker (born in 1946) [syn: {Stone}, {Oliver
         Stone}]
      9: United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) [syn:
         {Stone}, {Lucy Stone}]
      10: United States journalist who advocated liberal causes
          (1907-1989) [syn: {Stone}, {I. F. Stone}, {Isidor Feinstein
          Stone}]
      11: United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme
          Court as chief justice (1872-1946) [syn: {Stone}, {Harlan
          Fiske Stone}]
      12: United States architect (1902-1978) [syn: {Stone}, {Edward
          Durell Stone}]
      13: a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a
          heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
      v 1: kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the
           woman who had a child out of wedlock" [syn: {stone},
           {lapidate}]
      2: remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" [syn: {pit},
         {stone}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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