the hard compacted non-metallic earthy or mineral matter of which rock is composed
this material as proverbially cold, hard, immobile, etc
I … felt them [Falstaff's feet] and they were as cold as any stone — Shakespeare
The widow's lamentations … would have pierced a heart of stone — Dickens
Every animal was motionless, as though turned to stone — Jack London
a piece of rock; a pebble
a gem
(used in combinations) a piece of stone adapted to a particular function
a paving stone
a gravestone
a greyish beige colour
a meteorite composed of stone as distinct from metal
a smooth flat metal surface on which a printing forme is made up from type or blocks
a hard accretion of mineral particles in an organ or duct; = calculus
a kidney stone
the hard seed in a peach, cherry, plum, etc
(pl usu stone) Brit a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (about 6.35 kilograms)
a heavy round flat-bottomed stone with a curved handle, used in the game of curling
a playing piece used in various games
no very great distance
to make every possible effort to find or obtain something