stone
adj : of any of various dull tannish-gray colors
n 1: a lump of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock
at me" [syn: {rock}]
2: a piece of stone 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 [syn: {rock}]
4: small pellets of ice that fall during a hailstorm [syn: {hailstone}]
5: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
[syn: {gem}, {gemstone}]
6: (British) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of
a human body; equal to 14 pounds
7: the single central seed in some fruits such as peaches and
cherries enclosed in a hard woody shell [syn: {pit}]
v 1: kill by throwing stones at; "Adulters should be stoned
according to the Koran" [syn: {lapidate}]
2: remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches
[syn: {pit}]