stone

  • 51stone — noun 1》 hard, solid non metallic mineral matter of which rock is made.     ↘a small piece of stone found on the ground.     ↘a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration or demarcation.     ↘Astronomy a meteorite made of …

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  • 52stone — [[t]stoʊn[/t]] n. pl. stones, stone 1) the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist 2) a rock or particular piece or kind of rock 3) a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular… …

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  • 53Stone — This surname is English, and one of the first recorded anywhere in the world. It may be either topographic for someone who lived by a notable outcrop of rock, a stone boundary marker or monument, or it may be locational from of the places called… …

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  • 54Stone — I Stone   [stəʊn; englisch »Stein«], alte Masseneinheit in Großbritannien: 1 Stone = 14 pounds = 6,3502940 kg.   II Stone   [stəʊn],    1) Edward Durell, amerikanischer Architekt, * Fayetteville ( …

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  • 55stone — 01. He was injured when another child threw a snowball with a [stone] in it at him, and hit him in the head. 02. He walked slowly over the [stones] on the beach in his bare feet. 03. Demonstrators began to throw [stones] and bricks at the police …

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  • 56stone — (st)    a traditional British unit of weight, rarely used in the U.S. Originally the stone varied in size, both from place to place and according to the nature of the item being weighed. A stone of sugar was traditionally 8 pounds, while a stone… …

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  • 57stone — See: CAST THE FIRST STONE, HAVE A HEART OF STONE, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES, ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS …

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  • 58stone — See: CAST THE FIRST STONE, HAVE A HEART OF STONE, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES, ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS …

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  • 59Stone — 1 Original name in latin Stone Name in other language State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 51.45032 latitude 0.2647 altitude 28 Population 6100 Date 2011 02 12 2 Original name in latin Stone Name in other language Stone i… …

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  • 60stone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. coblestone, pebble; mineral; gem, jewel; gravestone, tombstone, millstone, whetstone, hearthstone, flagstone, etc.; pit, endocarp, pyrene; concretion, calculus. See density, ornament. II (Roget s IV)… …

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