English-Thai Dictionary
Stone Age
N ยุคหิน yuk-hin
stone
ADJ ทำ ด้วย หิน เป็น เครื่อง หิน tam-daui-hin
stone
ADJ มี สีเทา อ่อน me-se-tao-on
stone
N ก้อนหิน หิน rock kon-hin
stone
N นิ่ว ก้อน นิ่ว calculus nil
stone
N สีเทา อ่อน beige light gray se-tao-on
stone
N หน่วย วัด น้ำหนัก ตาม มาตรา อังกฤษ เท่ากับ 14 ปอนด์ nuai-wad-nam-nak-tam-mad-tra
stone
N เพชรพลอย gem jewel ped-poi
stone
N เมล็ดผลไม้ ma-led-pon-la-mai
stone
N แท่นพิมพ์ แท่น หิน เรียงพิมพ์ printer's table tean-pim
stone
VT ขว้าง ก้อนหิน ขว้าง หิน ใส่ throw stones at kwang-kon-hin
stone
VT ลับ ด้วย หิน polish rub lab-duai-hin
stone
VT เอา เมล็ด ออก คว้าน เมล็ด aol-ma-led-ook
stone-broke
ADJ หมด เงิน mod-ngen
stone-dead
A ที่ ตาย สนิท
stone-deaf
A ที่ มี หูหนวก สนิท
stone-deaf
ADJ หูหนวก hu-nuek
stonechat
N นก กิน แมลง nok-kin-ma-lang
stonecrop
N พืช พวก Sedum มีด อก สีเหลือง
stonecutter
N คนที่ ตกแต่ง หิน เครื่องตกแต่ง หิน
stoned
ADJ เมา mao
stonehenge
N อนุสาวรีย์ ที่ เป็น หิน ตั้ง พบ ใน ทุ่ง ราบ Salisbury ของ อังกฤษ ยุคก่อนประวัติศาสตร์
stonemason
N ช่าง หิน chang-hin
stonewall
N กำแพง หิน barrier kam-pang-hin
stonewall
VI สกัดกั้น ยับยั้ง obstruct sa-kad-kan
stonewall
VT สกัดกั้น ยับยั้ง obstruct sa-kad-kan
stoneware
N ภาชนะ ที่ ทำ จาก หิน เครื่อง หิน เคลือบ earthenware pottery pa-cha-na-ti-tam-jak-hin
stonework
N การ ก่อสร้าง ด้วย หิน kan-kor-sang-duai-hin
stonework
N ส่วน ของ สิ่งก่อสร้าง ที่ ทำ จาก หิน suan-kong-siang-kor-sang-ti-tam-jak-hin
stonewort
N พืช พวก Charopphyceae เป็น สาหร่าย สี เขียว ใน น้ำจืด
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STONE
n.[Gr. ] 1. A concretion of some species of earth, as lime, silex, clay and the like, usually in combination with some species of air or gas, with sulphur or with a metallic substance; a hard compact body, of any form and size. In popular language, very large masses of concretions are called rocks; and very small concretions are universally called gravel or sand, or grains of sand. Stones are of various degrees of hardness and weight; they are brittle and fusible, but not malleable, ductile, or soluble in water. Stones are of great and extensive use int he construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture and the like. When we speak of the substance generally, we use stone in the singular; as a house or wall of stone. But when we speak of particular separate masses, we say, a stone, or the stones.
2. A gem; a precious stone.
Inestimable stones, unvalud jewels.
3. Any thing made of stone; a mirror.
4. A calculous concretion in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
5. A testicle.
6. The nut of a drupe or stone fruit; or the hard covering inclosing the kernel, and itself inclosed by the pulpy pericarp.
7. In Great Britain, the weight of fourteen pounds. [8, 12, 14, or 16.] [Not used in the United States, except in reference to the riders of horses in races.]
8. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.
Should some relentless eye glance on the stone where our cold relics lie--
9. It is used to express torpidness and insensibility; as a heart of stone.
I have not yet forgot myself to stone.
1 . Stone is prefixed to some words to qualify their signification. Thus stone-dead, is perfectly dead, as lifeless as a stone; stone-still, still as a stone, perfectly still; stone-blind, blind as a stone, perfectly blind.
To leave no stone unturned, a proverbial expression which signifies to do every thing that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the displosion of a meteor.
Philosophers stone, a pretended substance that was formerly supposed to have the property of turning any other substance into gold.
STONE
a.Made of stone, or like stone; as a stone jug.
STONE
v.t. 1. To pelt, beat or kill with stones.
And they stoned Stephen calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Acts 7:59.
2. To harden.
O perjurd woman, thou dost stone my heart. [Little used. ]
3. To free from stones; as, to stone raisins.
4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
STONE-BLIND
a.[stone and blind. ] Blind as a stone; perfectly blind.
STONE-BOW
n.[stone and bow. ] A cross bow for shooting stones.
STONE-BREAK
n.[stone and break. L.] A plant.
STONE-CHAT, STONE-CHATTER
n.[stone and chatter. ] A bird, the Motacilla rubicola.
STONE-CRAY
n.A distemper in hawks.
STONE-CROP
n.A sort of tree. A plant of the genus Sedum; wall-pepper. The stone-crop tree or shrubby glass-wort is of the genus Chenopodium.
STONECUTTER
n.[stone and cut. ] One whose occupation is to hew stones.
STONECUTTING
n.The business of hewing stones for walls, steps, cornices, monuments, etc.
STONED
pp. Pelted or killed with stones; freed from stones; walled with stones.
STONE-DEAD
a.[stone and dead. ] As lifeless as a stone.
STONE-FERN
n.[stone and fern. ] A plant.
STONE-FLY
n.[stone and fly. ] An insect.
STONE-FRUIT
n.[stone and fruit. ] Fruit whose seeds are covered with a hard shell enveloped in the pulp, as peaches, cherries, plums, etc. ; a drupe.
STONE-HAWK
n.[stone and hawk. ] A kind of hawk.
STONE-HEARTED, STONY-HEARTED
a.[stone and heart. ] Hard hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
STONE-HORSE
n.[stone and horse. ] A house built of stone.
STONE-HOUSE
n.[stone and house. ] A house built of stone.
STONE-PARSLEY
n.A plant of the genus Bubon.
STONE-PIT
n.[stone and pit. ] A pit or quarry where stones are dug.
STONE-PITCH
n.[stone and pitch. ] Hard inspissated pitch.
STONE-PLOVER
n.[stone and plover. ] A bird.
STONER
n.One who beats or kills with stones; one who walls with stones.
STONES-CAST, STONES-THROW
n.[stone and cast or throw. ] The distance which a stone may be thrown by the hand.
STONES-MICKLE
n.A bird.
STONE-SQUARER
n.[stone and square. ] One who forms stones into squares. 1 Kings 5:18.
STONE-STILL
a.[stone and still. ] Still as a stone; perfectly still or motionless.
STONE-WALL
n.[stone and wall. ] A wall built of stones.
STONE-WARE
n.[stone and ware. ] A species of potters ware of a coarse kind, glazed and baked.
STONE-WORK
n.[stone and work. ] Work or wall consisting of stone; masons work of stone.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STONE
Stone, n. Etym: [OE. ston, stan, AS. stan; akin to OS. & OFries.sten, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. Steen. ]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a stone. " Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime. .. for mortar. Gen. xi. 3.
Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone. " Chaucer. "Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." Shak.
3. Something made of stone. Specifically: - (a ) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs. ] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. Shak.
(b ) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. Pope.
4. (Med. )
Defn: A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
5. One of the testes; a testicle. Shak.
6. (Bot. )
Defn: The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng. ]
Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs. ; of cheese, 16 lbs. ; of hemp, 32 lbs. ; of glass, 5 lbs.
8. Fig. : Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. Pope.
9. (Print. )
Defn: A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. , before printing; -- called also imposing stone.
Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone- still, etc. Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs. ] "Citron tables, or Atlantic stone. " Milton. -- Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. Encyc. Brit. -- Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. -- Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher. -- Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone. -- Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; --called also flint age. The bronze age succeeded to this. -- Stone bass (Zoöl.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; -- called also sea perch. -- Stone biter (Zoöl.), the wolf fish. -- Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. Tylor. -- Stone borer (Zoöl.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava. -- Stone bramble (Bot. ), a European trailing species of bramble (Rubus saxatilis ). -- Stone-break. Etym: [Cf. G. steinbrech. ] (Bot. ) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga; saxifrage. -- Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. -- Stone canal. (Zoöl.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand. -- Stone cat (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small fresh- water North American catfishes of the genus Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. -- Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. -- Stone coral (Zoöl.), any hard calcareous coral. -- Stone crab. (Zoöl.) (a ) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria ) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b )A European spider crab (Lithodes maia ). Stone crawfish (Zoöl.), a European crawfish (Astacus torrentium ), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species (A. fluviatilis ). -- Stone curlew. (Zoöl.) (a ) A large plover found in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans ). It frequents stony places. Called also thick- kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b ) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng. ] (c ) The willet. [Local, U.S.] -- Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above. -- Stone eater. (Zoöl.) Same as Stone borer, above. -- Stone falcon (Zoöl.), the merlin. -- Stone fern (Bot. ), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach ) which grows on rocks and walls. -- Stone fly (Zoöl.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larvæ are aquatic. -- Stone fruit (Bot. ), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. -- Stone grig (Zoöl.), the mud lamprey, or pride. -- Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. -- Stone hawk (Zoöl.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. -- Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware. -- Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. -- Stone lugger. (Zoöl.) See Stone roller, below. -- Stone marten (Zoöl.), a European marten (Mustela foina ) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also beech marten. -- Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone. -- Stone-mortar (Mil. ), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. -- Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum. -- Stone parsley (Bot. ), an umbelliferous plant (Seseli Labanotis ). See under Parsley. -- Stone pine. (Bot. ) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine, and Piñon. -- Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug. -- Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch. -- Stone plover. (Zoöl.) (a ) The European stone curlew. (b ) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover (E. recurvirostris ). (c ) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng. ] (d ) The ringed plover. (e ) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng. ] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. -- Stone roller. (Zoöl.) (a ) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans ) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger, stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet. (b ) A common American cyprinoid fish (Campostoma anomalum ); -- called also stone lugger. -- Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. -- Stone snipe (Zoöl.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] -- Stone toter. (Zoöl.) (a ) See Stone roller (a ), above. (b ) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua ) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips. -- To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
STONE
Stone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoning.] Etym: [From Stone, n.: cf. AS. st, Goth. stainjan.]
1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Acts vii. 59.
2. To make like stone; to harden. O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. Shak.
3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
STONEBIRD
STONEBIRD Stone "bird `, n.
Defn: The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2. [Local, U.S.]
STONE-BLIND
STONE-BLIND Stone "-blind `, a.
Defn: As blind as a stone; completely blind.
STONEBOW
STONEBOW Stone "bow `, n.
Defn: A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones. Shak.
STONEBRASH
STONEBRASH Stone "brash `, n.
Defn: A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
STONEBREARER
STONEBREARER Stone "brear `er, n.
Defn: A machine for crushing or hammering stone. Knight.
STONEBUCK
STONEBUCK Stone "buck `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Steinbock.
STONECHAT
Stone "chat `, n. Etym: [Stone + chat. ] Etym: [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zoöl.) (a ) A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola ); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker,stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith. (b ) The wheatear. (c ) The blue titmouse.
Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the pied stonechat of India (Saxicola picata ).
STONE-COLD
STONE-COLD Stone "-cold `, a.
Defn: Cold as a stone. Stone-cold without, within burnt with love's flame. Fairfax.
STONECRAY
Stone "cray `, n. Etym: [Stone + F. craie chalk, L. creta. ]
Defn: A distemper in hawks.
STONECROP
Stone "crop `, n. Etym: [AS. stancropp.]
1. A sort of tree. [Obs. ] Mortimer.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine. Virginian, or Ditch, stonecrop, an American plant (Penthorum sedoides ).
STONECUTTER
STONECUTTER Stone "cut `ter, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.
STONECUTTING
STONECUTTING Stone "cut `ting, n.
Defn: Hewing or dressing stone.
STONE-DEAD
STONE-DEAD Stone "-dead `, a.
Defn: As dead as a stone.
STONE-DEAF
STONE-DEAF Stone "-deaf `, a.
Defn: As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
STONEGALL
Stone "gall `, n. Etym: [Cf. D. steengal, G. steingall. See Stannel. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: See Stannel. [Prov. Eng. ]
STONEHATCH
STONEHATCH Stone "hatch `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The ring plover, or dotterel. [Prov. Eng. ]
STONE-HEARTED
STONE-HEARTED Stone "-heart `ed, a.
Defn: Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
STONEHENGE
STONEHENGE Stone "henge, n.
Defn: An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
STONE-HORSE
STONE-HORSE Stone "-horse `, n.
Defn: Stallion. [Obs. ] Mortimer.
STONER
STONER Ston "er, n.
1. One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.
2. One who walls with stones.
STONEROOT
STONEROOT Stone "root `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis ) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.
STONERUNNER
STONERUNNER Stone "run `ner, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel. [Prov. Eng. ] (b ) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng. ]
STONESMICKLE
STONESMICKLE Stone "smic `kle, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch. [Prov. Eng. ]
STONE-STILL
STONE-STILL Stone "-still `, a.
Defn: As still as a stone. Shak.
STONEWARE
STONEWARE Stone "ware `, n.
Defn: A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.
STONEWEED
STONEWEED Stone "weed `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets.
STONEWORK
STONEWORK Stone "work `, n.
Defn: Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone. Mortimer.
STONEWORT
STONEWORT Stone "wort `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.
New American Oxford Dictionary
stone
stone |stōn stoʊn | ▶noun 1 the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, esp. as a building material: the houses are built of stone | [ as modifier ] : high stone walls. • a small piece of rock found on the ground. • (in metaphorical use ) weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement: Isabel stood as if turned to stone | her face became as hard as stone | the elevator dropped like a stone . • Astronomy a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal. • Medicine a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone. 2 a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, esp. one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation: a memorial stone | boundary stones. • a gem or jewel. • short for curling stone. • a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games such as backgammon. • a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and later usually of metal, on which pages of type were made up. 3 a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits. 4 ( pl. same ) Brit. a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg ): I weighed 10 stone. 5 a natural shade of whitish-gray or brownish-gray: [ as modifier ] : stone stretch trousers. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 throw stones at: policemen were stoned by the crowd. 2 remove the stone from (a fruit ): halve, stone, and peel the avocados. 3 build, face, or pave with stone. PHRASES be written (or engraved or set ) in stone used to emphasize that something is fixed and unchangeable: anything can change —nothing is written in stone. cast (or throw ) the first stone be the first to make an accusation (used to emphasize that a potential critic is not wholly blameless ). [with biblical allusion to John 8:7. ] leave no stone unturned try every possible course of action in order to achieve something. stone me! (or stone the crows! ) Brit. informal an exclamation of surprise or shock. a stone's throw a short distance: wild whales blowing a stone's throw from the boat. DERIVATIVES stone less adjective ORIGIN Old English stān (noun ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded sense 1 of the noun ).
Stone, Edward Durell
Stone, Edward Durell |stōn stoʊn | (1902 –78 ), US architect. His notable designs include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 1937 –39; the US embassy in New Delhi, India 1954 –58; and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC 1964 –69.
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Stone, Harlan Fiske |stōn stoʊn | (1872 –1946 ), US chief justice 1941 –46. He was the dean of the Columbia Law School 1910 –24 and, briefly, US attorney general 1924 in President Coolidge's cabinet before he was appointed to the US Supreme Court as an associate justice 1925 –41. He was named chief justice by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Stone, Lucy
Stone, Lucy |stōn stoʊn | (1818 –93 ), US feminist and abolitionist. The first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree (Oberlin College 1847 ), she traveled widely during the 1850s lecturing on women's rights. In 1869, she founded the American Woman Suffrage Association, which merged with the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Stone, Oliver
Stone, Oliver |stōn stoʊn | (1946 –), US movie director, screenwriter, and producer. He won Academy Awards for his adaptation of the novel Midnight Express (1978 ) and for his direction of Platoon (1986 ) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989 ), both of which indict US involvement in the Vietnam War. Other notable movies: JFK (1991 ) and Natural Born Killers (1994 ).
Stone Age
Stone Age |ˈstoʊn ˌeɪʤ | a prehistoric period when weapons and tools were made of stone or of organic materials such as bone, wood, or horn. The Stone Age covers a period of about 2.5 million years, from the first use of tools by the ancestors of man (Australopithecus ) to the introduction of agriculture and the first towns. It is subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods, and is succeeded in Europe by the Bronze Age (or, sometimes, the Copper Age ) about 5,000 –4,000 years ago.
stone boat
stone boat ▶noun a flat-bottomed sled used for transporting stones and other heavy objects.
stone broke
stone broke ▶adjective informal entirely without money.
stonechat
stone chat |ˈstōnˌCHat ˈstoʊnˌtʃæt | ▶noun a small Old World songbird of the thrush subfamily, having bold markings and a call that sounds like two stones being knocked together. [Genus Saxicola, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae: three or four species, in particular the widespread S. torquata, the male of which has a black head and orange breast. ]
stone china
stone chi na ▶noun a kind of very hard earthenware resembling porcelain.
stone circle
stone cir ¦cle ▶noun a megalithic monument of a type found mainly in western Europe, consisting of stones, typically standing stones, arranged more or less in a circle. The earliest stone circles date from the Neolithic period. In the early Bronze Age many hundreds of small circles were constructed in western Britain, often from quite small stones. Circles often appear to be aligned astronomically, especially with particular sunrise or sunset positions, and it is generally agreed that they had a ritual function.
stone cold
stone cold |stoʊn koʊld | ▶adjective completely cold. ▶adverb (stone-cold ) [ as submodifier ] completely: stone-cold sober.
stone crab
stone crab ▶noun a large, heavy, edible crab of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean area. [Menippe mercenaria, family Xanthidae. ]
stonecrop
stone crop |ˈstōnˌkräp ˈstoʊnəˌkrɑp | ▶noun a small fleshy-leaved plant that typically has star-shaped yellow or white flowers and grows among rocks or on walls. [Genus Sedum, family Crassulaceae: many species, including the mossy stonecrop (S. acre ), whose tiny, thick leaves have a bitter, peppery taste. ]
stone curlew
stone cur lew ▶noun another term for thick-knee.
stonecutter
stone cut ter |ˈstōnˌkətər ˈstoʊnˌkədər | ▶noun a person who cuts stone from a quarry or who shapes and carves it for use.
stoned
stoned |stōnd stoʊnd | ▶adjective informal under the influence of drugs, esp. marijuana: he was up in the deck chair getting stoned . • very drunk.
stone dead
stone dead |stoʊn dɛd | ▶adjective [ predic. ] completely dead.
stone deaf
stone deaf |stoʊn dɛf | ▶adjective completely deaf: the racket drove out any deer not stone deaf | the stone-deaf person relies entirely on sight.
stone face
stone face ▶noun informal a face that reveals no emotions. DERIVATIVES stone-faced adjective
stonefish
stone fish |ˈstōnˌfiSH ˈstoʊnˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or stonefishes ) a chiefly marine fish of bizarre appearance that lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific. It rests motionless in the sand with its venomous dorsal spines projecting and is a frequent cause of injury to swimmers. [Family Synanceiidae: several genera and species, including Synanceia verrucosa (also called devilfish. ). ]
stonefly
stone fly |ˈstōnˌflī ˈstoʊnflaɪ | ▶noun ( pl. stoneflies ) a slender insect with transparent membranous wings, the larvae of which live in clean running water. The adults are used as bait by fly fishermen. [Order Plecoptera: many families. ]
stone fruit
stone fruit ▶noun a fruit with flesh or pulp enclosing a stone, such as a peach, plum, or cherry.
stoneground
stone ground |ˈstōnˈground ˈˌstoʊnˈɡraʊnd | ▶adjective (of flour ) ground with millstones.
stonehatch
stone |hatch |ˈstəʊnhatʃ | ▶noun dialect the ringed plover, which lines its nest with tiny pebbles.
Stonehenge
Stone henge |ˈstōnˌhenj stoʊnˈhen | a megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Completed in several constructional phases from c. 2950 bc, it was probably used for ritual purposes. ORIGIN from Old English stān ‘stone ’ + an element related to hengan ‘to hang. ’
stone lily
stone lil y ▶noun ( pl. stone lilies ) dated a fossilized sea lily.
stone marten
stone mar ten ▶noun a Eurasian marten that has chocolate-brown fur with a white throat. Also called beech marten. [Martes foina, family Mustelidae. ]
stonemason
stone ma son |ˈstōnˌmāsən ˈstoʊnˌmeɪsn | ▶noun a person who cuts, prepares, and builds with stone. DERIVATIVES stone ma son ry |-ˌmāsənrē |noun
Stone Mountain
Stone Moun tain a granite mass east of Atlanta, Georgia, site of the Confederate Memorial Carving, the world's largest bas-relief sculpture, which features the figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson, all on horseback.
Stone of Scone
Stone of Scone |skuːn | the stone on which medieval Scottish kings were crowned. It was brought to England by Edward I and preserved in the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey, and returned to Scotland in 1996. Also called Coronation stone, Stone of Destiny.
stone pine
stone pine ▶noun an umbrella-shaped southern European pine tree with large needles, very large glossy brown cones, and edible seeds (“pine nuts ”). Also called umbrella pine. [Pinus pinea, family Pinaceae. ]
stoner
ston er |ˈstōnər ˈstoʊnər | ▶noun 1 informal a person who regularly takes drugs, esp. marijuana: I was a real stoner when I was a teenager. 2 [ in combination ] Brit. a person or thing that weighs a specified number of stone: a couple of 16 -stoners.
stoneroller
stone roll er ▶noun a small freshwater fish of the minnow family that uses the hard ridge on its lower jaw to scrape food, esp. algae, from rocks. [Genus Campostoma, family Cyprinidae: several species, including the central stoneroller (C. anomalum ) of the eastern and central US, and the Mexican stoneroller (C. ornatum ) of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. ]
stonewall
stone wall |ˈstōnˌwôl ˈstoʊnˌwɔl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] delay or block (a request, process, or person ) by refusing to answer questions or by giving evasive replies, esp. in politics: the highest level of bureaucracy stonewalled us | (as noun stonewalling ) : the art of stonewalling and political intimidation. DERIVATIVES stone wall er noun
Stonewall Jackson
Stone wall Jack son see Jackson, Thomas Jonathan.
stoneware
stoneware |ˈstōnˌwe (ə )r ˈstoʊnˌwɛ (ə )r | ▶noun a type of pottery that is impermeable and partly vitrified but opaque.
stonewashed
stone washed |ˈstōnˌwôSHt, -ˌwäSHt ˈstoʊnˌwɔʃt ˈstoʊnˌwɑʃt |(also stonewash ) ▶adjective (of a garment or fabric, esp. denim ) washed with abrasives to produce a worn or faded appearance.
stonework
stone work |ˈstōnˌwərk ˈstoʊnˌwərk | ▶noun the parts of a building that are made of stone. • the work of a mason: a masterpiece of clever stonework. DERIVATIVES stone work er noun
stonewort
stone wort |ˈstōnwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈstoʊnwərt | ▶noun a freshwater plant with whorls of slender leaves, related to green algae. Many kinds become encrusted with chalky deposits, giving them a stony feel. [Chara and other genera in the class Charophyceae, division Chlorophyta; sometimes placed in its own division (Charophyta ).]
Oxford Dictionary
stone
stone |stəʊn | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material. • used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement: Isabel stood as if turned to stone | the elevator dropped like a stone . • [ count noun ] a small piece of rock found on the ground. • [ count noun ] Astronomy a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal. • [ count noun ] Medicine a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone. 2 a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation: a memorial stone | boundary stones. • a gem or jewel. • short for curling stone. • a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games, especially the Japanese game of go. • a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and now usually of metal, on which pages of type are made up. 3 a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits. 4 ( pl. same ) Brit. a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg ): I weighed 10 stone. 5 [ mass noun ] a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey: [ as modifier ] : stone stretch trousers. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 throw stones at: policemen were stoned by the crowd | two people were stoned to death. 2 remove the stone from (a fruit ): (as adj. stoned ) : add 50 g of stoned black olives. 3 build, face, or pave with stone. PHRASES be written (or engraved or set ) in stone used to emphasize that something is fixed and unchangeable: anything can change —nothing is written in stone. cast (or throw ) the first stone be the first to make an accusation (used to emphasize that a potential critic is not wholly blameless ). [with biblical allusion to John 8:7. ] leave no stone unturned try every possible course of action in order to achieve something. stone me! (or stone the crows! ) Brit. informal an exclamation of surprise or shock. a stone's throw a short distance: the Sea Life Centre is just a stone's throw from the sea itself. DERIVATIVES stoneless adjective ORIGIN Old English stān (noun ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in sense 1 of the verb ).
Stone, Edward Durell
Stone, Edward Durell |stōn stoʊn | (1902 –78 ), US architect. His notable designs include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 1937 –39; the US embassy in New Delhi, India 1954 –58; and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC 1964 –69.
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Stone, Harlan Fiske |stōn stoʊn | (1872 –1946 ), US chief justice 1941 –46. He was the dean of the Columbia Law School 1910 –24 and, briefly, US attorney general 1924 in President Coolidge's cabinet before he was appointed to the US Supreme Court as an associate justice 1925 –41. He was named chief justice by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Stone, Lucy
Stone, Lucy |stōn stoʊn | (1818 –93 ), US feminist and abolitionist. The first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree (Oberlin College 1847 ), she traveled widely during the 1850s lecturing on women's rights. In 1869, she founded the American Woman Suffrage Association, which merged with the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Stone, Oliver
Stone |stəʊn | (b.1946 ), American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won Oscars for his adaptation of the novel Midnight Express (1978 ) and his direction of Platoon (1986 ) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989 ), both of which indict American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Stone Age
Stone Age a prehistoric period when weapons and tools were made of stone or of organic materials such as bone, wood, or horn. The Stone Age covers a period of about 2.5 million years, from the first use of tools by the ancestors of humankind (Australopithecus ) to the introduction of agriculture and the first towns. It is subdivided into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods, and is succeeded in Europe by the Bronze Age (or, sometimes, the Copper Age ) about 5,000 –4,000 years ago.
stone boat
stone boat ▶noun N. Amer. a flat-bottomed sled used for transporting stones and other heavy objects.
stone broke
stone broke ▶adjective North American term for stony broke.
stonechat
stone |chat |ˈstəʊntʃat | ▶noun a small Old World songbird of the thrush family, having bold markings and a call like two stones being knocked together. ●Genus Saxicola, family Turdidae: three or four species, in particular the widespread S. torquata, the male of which has a black head and orange breast.
stone china
stone china ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of very hard earthenware resembling porcelain.
stone circle
stone cir ¦cle ▶noun a megalithic monument of a type found mainly in western Europe, consisting of stones, typically standing stones, arranged more or less in a circle. The earliest stone circles date from the Neolithic period. In the early Bronze Age many hundreds of small circles were constructed in western Britain, often from quite small stones. Circles often appear to be aligned astronomically, especially with particular sunrise or sunset positions, and it is generally agreed that they had a ritual function.
stone cold
stone cold ▶adjective completely cold. ▶adverb (stone-cold ) [ as submodifier ] completely: stone-cold sober.
stone crab
stone crab ▶noun a large, heavy, edible crab of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean area. [Menippe mercenaria, family Xanthidae. ]
stonecrop
stone |crop |ˈstəʊnkrɒp | ▶noun a small fleshy-leaved plant which typically has star-shaped yellow or white flowers and grows among rocks or on walls. ●Genus Sedum, family Crassulaceae: many species, including yellow (or biting ) stonecrop (S. acre ), whose tiny leaves have a bitter, peppery taste.
stone curlew
stone cur ¦lew ▶noun a large-eyed bird resembling a plover with mottled brownish plumage, inhabiting open stony or sandy country. Also called thick-knee . ●Family Burhinidae: two genera and several species, in particular Burhinus oedicnemus of Eurasia and Africa.
stonecutter
stone |cut ¦ter |ˈstəʊnkʌtə | ▶noun a person who cuts stone from a quarry or who shapes and carves it for use.
stoned
stoned |stəʊnd | ▶adjective informal under the influence of drugs, especially cannabis. • very drunk.
stone dead
stone dead ▶adjective [ predic. ] completely dead.
stone deaf
stone deaf ▶adjective completely deaf.
stone face
stone face ▶noun informal a face that reveals no emotions. DERIVATIVES stone-faced adjective
stonefish
stone |fish |ˈstəʊnfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or stonefishes ) a chiefly marine fish of bizarre appearance which lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific. It rests motionless in the sand with its venomous dorsal spines projecting and is a frequent cause of injury to swimmers. ●Family Synanceiidae: several genera and species, including Synanceia verrucosa (also called devilfish ).
stonefly
stone |fly |ˈstəʊnflʌɪ | ▶noun ( pl. stoneflies ) a slender insect with transparent membranous wings, the larvae of which live in clean running water. The adults are used as bait by fly fishermen. ●Order Plecoptera: many families.
stone fruit
stone fruit ▶noun a fruit with flesh or pulp enclosing a stone, such as a peach, plum, or cherry.
stoneground
stone |ground |ˈstəʊngraʊnd | ▶adjective (of flour ) ground with millstones.
stonehatch
stone |hatch |ˈstəʊnhatʃ | ▶noun dialect the ringed plover, which lines its nest with tiny pebbles.
Stonehenge
Stone |henge |stəʊnˈhɛn (d )ʒ | a megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. Completed in several constructional phases from c. 2950 bc, it is composed of a circle of sarsen stones surrounded by a bank and ditch and enclosing a circle of smaller bluestones. Within this inner circle is a horseshoe arrangement of five trilithons with the axis aligned on the midsummer sunrise, an orientation that was probably for ritual purposes. ORIGIN from Old English stān ‘stone ’ + an element related to hengan ‘to hang ’.
stone lily
stone lil y ▶noun ( pl. stone lilies ) dated a fossilized sea lily.
stone marten
stone mar ¦ten ▶noun a Eurasian marten that has chocolate-brown fur with a white throat. Also called beech marten. ●Martes foina, family Mustelidae.
stonemason
stone |mason |ˈstəʊnmɛɪs (ə )n | ▶noun a person who cuts, prepares, and builds with stone. DERIVATIVES stonemasonry noun
Stone Mountain
Stone Moun tain a granite mass east of Atlanta, Georgia, site of the Confederate Memorial Carving, the world's largest bas-relief sculpture, which features the figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson, all on horseback.
Stone of Scone
Stone of Scone |skuːn | the stone on which medieval Scottish kings were crowned. It was brought to England by Edward I and preserved in the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey, and returned to Scotland in 1996. Also called Coronation stone, Stone of Destiny.
stone pine
stone pine ▶noun an umbrella-shaped southern European pine tree with large needles, very large glossy brown cones, and edible seeds (pine nuts ). Also called umbrella pine. ●Pinus pinea, family Pinaceae. See also arolla .
stoner
stoner |ˈstəʊnə | ▶noun 1 informal a person who regularly takes drugs, especially cannabis. 2 [ in combination ] Brit. a person or thing that weighs a specified number of stone: a couple of 16 -stoners.
stoneroller
stone roll er ▶noun a small freshwater fish of the minnow family that uses the hard ridge on its lower jaw to scrape food, esp. algae, from rocks. [Genus Campostoma, family Cyprinidae: several species, including the central stoneroller (C. anomalum ) of the eastern and central US, and the Mexican stoneroller (C. ornatum ) of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. ]
stonewall
stone |wall |ˈstəʊnwɔːl, stəʊnˈwɔːl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person ) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive: she has also stonewalled queries about her love life | (as noun stonewalling ) : a master in the art of stonewalling and political intimidation. • [ no obj. ] Cricket bat extremely defensively. ▶noun an act of delaying or obstructing a person, request, or process. DERIVATIVES stonewaller noun
stoneware
stone |ware |ˈstəʊnwɛː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of pottery which is impermeable and partly vitrified but opaque.
stonewashed
stonewashed |ˈstəʊnwɒʃd |(also stonewash ) ▶adjective (of a garment or fabric, especially denim ) washed with abrasives to produce a worn or faded appearance.
stonework
stone |work |ˈstəʊnwəːk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the parts of a building that are made of stone. • the work of a mason: a masterpiece of clever stonework. DERIVATIVES stoneworker noun
stonewort
stone |wort |ˈstəʊnwəːt | ▶noun a freshwater plant with whorls of slender leaves, related to green algae. Many kinds become encrusted with chalky deposits, giving them a stony feel. ●Chara and other genera in the class Charophyceae, division Chlorophyta; sometimes placed in its own division (Charophyta ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
stone
stone noun 1 someone threw a stone at me: rock, pebble, boulder. 2 a commemorative stone: tablet, monument, monolith, obelisk; gravestone, headstone, tombstone. 3 paving stones: slab, flagstone, flag, cobble. 4 what beautiful stones in her tiara: gem, gemstone, jewel, semiprecious stone, brilliant; informal rock, sparkler. 5 a peach stone: kernel, seed, pip, pit. WORD LINKS lapidary relating to the cutting and polishing of stones and gems Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
Oxford Thesaurus
stone
stone noun 1 a gang of youths threw stones and missiles at police officers: rock, pebble, boulder; (stones ) cobbles, gravel, scree; rare concretion. 2 a memorial stone had been erected in place of the wooden cross: gravestone, headstone, tombstone; tablet, monument, monolith, obelisk. 3 cracked paving stones: slab, flagstone, flag, sett. 4 a gold ring with a small red stone: gem, gemstone, jewel, precious stone, semi-precious stone, brilliant; informal rock, sparkler; archaic bijou. 5 cut the fruit in half and remove the stones: kernel, seed, pip, pit; technical endocarp. WORD LINKS stone lithic, lapidary relating to stone litho- related prefix, as in lithography gemmology study of precious stones Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
Duden Dictionary
stoned
stoned Adjektiv Jargon |stoʊnd |englisch stoned, zu: to stone = (sich ) betäuben, gefühllos machen, zu stone = Stein unter der Wirkung von Rauschmitteln stehend; durch Drogen im Rauschzustand die Stars waren alle stoned
Stonehenge
Stone henge Eigenname |ˈstoːnhɛnt͜ʃ |Kultstätte der Jungsteinzeit und frühen Bronzezeit in Südengland
stonewashed
stone washed Adjektiv |ˈstoʊnwɔʃt |zu englisch stone = Stein und to wash = waschen (von Stoffen ) mit kleinen Steinen vorgewaschen, damit Farbe und Material so aussehen, als sei das Kleidungsstück nicht mehr neu stonewashed Jeans
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
stone
stone 1 /stoʊn / (! -o-は /oʊ /) 〖語源は 「固い鉱物 」〗(形 )stony 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C ｟主に英 ｠石 , 小石 ▸ throw a stone at a dog 犬に石を投げる ▸ a foundation stone 礎石, 基礎 ▸ paving stones 敷石 ▸ a stepping stone 踏み石, 飛び石, 足掛かり 2 U (材料としての )石 , 石材 ▸ be made of stone 石でできている ▸ as rigid as stone 石のように厳格な 3 C 宝石 (precious stone ).4 C ｟英 ｠(モモ サクランボなどの )種 , 核 (｟米 ｠pit ).5 C 〘医 〙(腎臓 膀胱 （ぼうこう ）などの )結石 ▸ a kidney [bladder ] stone 腎臓 [膀胱 ]結石 6 C (記念碑 宗教的シンボルとしての )石碑 .a st ò ne's thr ó w (aw á y ) «…の » すぐ近く, 近距離 «from , of » .c à st [thr ò w ] the f ì rst st ó ne 【人を 】真っ先に非難する «at » .g ì ve a st ò ne for br é ad 人を助けるまねをして実はばかにする .l è ave no st ó ne unt ù rned 〖強意的に 〗あらゆる手段を使う .m à de of st ó ne 感情 [同情 ]のかけらもない, 非情な .s è t [c à rved, c à st, è tched, wr ì tten ] in (tablets of ) st ó ne ｟英 ｠〖通例否定文で 〗〈規則 決定 計画などが 〉まったく変わらない, 不変の .The st ò nes will cr ỳ ó ut .悪事は必ず露見する .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉〈人 物 〉に石を投げつける ▸ stone A to death Aに石をぶつけて殺す 〘特に昔の刑罰 〙2 ｟英 ｠〈人が 〉〈モモ サクランボなどの果物 〉の種を取る (｟米 ｠pit 2 ).3 〈人が 〉〈物 〉に石を積む ; 石を敷く .St ò ne the cr ó ws [m é ]!｟英 やや古 ｠これは驚いた, 何ということだ .S -́ À ge 〖the ～〗石器時代 (→Bronze Iron Age ).～́ fr ù it 核果, 石果 〘モモ サクランボなど 〙.～́ p ì t 石切り場 .
stone
stone 2 名詞 複 ～, ～s C ｟英 ｠ストーン 〘重さの単位; 14ポンド, 約6.35キロ; 特に体重を表す; 略st.〙.
stone-cold
st ò ne-c ó ld 形容詞 石のように [非常に ]冷たい, 冷めきった .副詞 まったく, 完全に ▸ stone-cold sober 完全にしらふで
stoned
stoned 形容詞 1 (果物などが )核を除いた .2 〖通例be ～〗｟俗 ｠(酒に )酔っている ; (麻薬で )興奮している .
stone-dead
st ò ne-d é ad 形容詞 ｟英 ｠完全に死んだ [破壊された ].k ì ll A stone-d é ad A 〈物 事 〉をぶちこわしにする .
stone-deaf
st ò ne-d é af 形容詞 まったく耳が聞こえない .
stone-faced
st ò ne-f á ced /-t /形容詞 無表情でこわばった [よそよそしい ]顔の .
stone-ground
st ó ne-gr ò und 形容詞 〈粉が 〉石うす挽 （び ）きの .
Stonehenge
Stone henge /stóʊnhèn (d )ʒ |-̀-́ /名詞 ストーンヘンジ 〘英国南部WiltshireのSalisbury平原にある古代先住民族の二重環状巨石群遺跡 〙.
stoneless
st ó ne less 形容詞 〈果物が 〉種のない ; 種を除いた .
stonemason
st ó ne m à son 名詞 C 石工, 石屋 (mason ).
stoner
ston er /stóʊnə r /名詞 C ｟俗 ｠マリファナ常習者 .
stonewall
st ó ne w à ll 動詞 自動詞 ｟英 ｠1 〘クリケット 〙消極的な打球をする .2 ｟話 ｠ «…を » 議事を引き延ばして妨害する (｟米 ｠filibuster ) «on » .他動詞 〈議事 〉を妨害する .～er 名詞
stoneware
st ó ne w à re 名詞 U 炻 （せっ ）器 〘硬質な磁器の一種 〙.
stonewashed
st ò ne w á shed /-t /形容詞 ストーンウォッシュ加工した 〘布地を柔らかくして風合を出すために研磨材を使用した 〙.
stonework
st ó ne w ò rk 名詞 1 U 石細工 .2 C 石造物 [建築 ], (建物の )石造部分 .3 〖～s 〗石材工場 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary