stone

CEFRA1

/stəʊ̯n/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hard natural substance found in the ground.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

Examples

  • "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

  • Most of the houses are built of stone.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Also pronounced

  • /ston/
  • /stoʊ̯n/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.

  2. A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

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

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In context

  • That way I kill two birds with one stone.

  • British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.

  • a peach stone

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognates Cognate with Scots stane (“stone”), Yola sthoan (“stone”), North Frisian stean, stian, stiin, stiinj (“stone”), Saterland Frisian Steen (“stone”), West Frisian stien (“stone”), Alemannic German Steei (“rock, stone”), Bavarian Staa (“rock, stone”), Central Franconian Steen, Stään (“stone”), Dutch steen (“stone”), German Stein (“rock, stone”), German Low German Steen, Stein (“stone”), Luxembourgish Steen (“stone”), Vilamovian śtan (“stone”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), Danish and Swedish sten (“st...