Stone

  • (noun): The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.
    Synonyms: pit, endocarp
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on stone:

Gawsworth Old Hall - Grounds - Structures
... is constructed in brick with ashlar dressings and a stone slate roof, in two storeys and three bays ... A table tomb over the grave consists of an inscribed stone slab on a brick plinth ... Adjacent to it is another inscribed stone slab, dating from the 19th century ...
I. F. Stone
... Isidor Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989 born Isidor Feinstein, better known as I ... Stone and Izzy Stone) was an American investigative journalist and author ... Stone's Weekly, which was ranked 16th in a poll of his fellow journalists of "The Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century" ...
Stone Temple Pilots - History - Core and Purple (1992–1995)
... Stone Temple Pilots developed a fan base in San Diego clubs in order to steer clear of the Los Angeles corporate music scene and build up their technique and following in the clubs ... In 1992, Stone Temple Pilots signed with Atlantic Records ... Despite hostile reviews from critics, Stone Temple Pilots continued to gain fans ...
Ian Hamilton (lawyer) - Portrayals in Popular Culture
... In 2008, Hamilton's book, The Taking of the Stone of Destiny, was made into a movie entitled Stone of Destiny ... The film depicted Hamilton as the protagonist leading a team of students to reclaim the Stone of Scone ...
Zero Mile Marker - Countries - India
... Zero Mile Stone Marathi शून्य मैलाचा दगड is a monument locating the geographical center of India in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra.The Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British who used ...

More definitions of "Stone":

  • (adj): Of any of various dull tannish-gray colors.
  • (noun): United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946).
    Synonyms: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • (noun): United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893).
    Synonyms: Lucy Stone
  • (verb): Kill by throwing stones at.
    Synonyms: lapidate
  • (noun): An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds.
    Example: "A heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
  • (noun): A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter.
    Synonyms: rock
  • (verb): Remove the pits from.
    Synonyms: pit
  • (noun): Building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose.
    Example: "He wanted a special stone to mark the site"
  • (noun): A lack of feeling or expression or movement.
    Example: "He must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
  • (noun): Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust.
    Example: "Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
    Synonyms: rock
  • (noun): A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
    Synonyms: gem, gemstone
  • (noun): United States filmmaker (born in 1946).
    Synonyms: Oliver Stone

Famous quotes containing the word stone:

    It is of stone.
    A rosy stone that takes
    a glowing tone of softness
    only because behind it the sky is a doubtful, a doubting
    night gray.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    Fretted shadow on stumps
    A vanishing husk
    Of light . . . grey lumps
    Of stone verge the hills with fears.
    It is quickly dusk.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
    William Hazlitt (1778–1830)