Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
stone
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
hard substance
1 [U] (often used before nouns or in compounds) a hard solid mineral substance that is found in the ground, often used for building:
Most of the houses are built of stone. * stone walls * a stone bridge / floor / carving * a flight of stone steps
seealsoDRYSTONEWALL, LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE, SOAPSTONE
2 [C] (especially BrE) a small piece of rock of any shape:
a pile of stones * Some children were throwing stones into the lake.
seealsoHAILSTONE
3 [C] (usually in compounds) a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose:
These words are carved on the stone beside his grave.
seealsoCORNERSTONE, FOUNDATIONSTONE, GRAVESTONE, HEADSTONE, LODESTONE, MILLSTONE, PAVINGSTONE, STEPPINGSTONE, TOMBSTONE
jewel
4 [C] = PRECIOUSSTONE
in fruit
5 [C] (especially BrE) (AmE usually pit) a hard shell containing the nut or seed in the middle of some types of fruit:
cherry / peach stones
in body
6 [C] (often in compounds) a small piece of hard material that can form in the BLADDER or KIDNEY and cause pain:
kidney stones
seealsoGALLSTONE
measurement of weight
7 [C] (plural stone) (abbreviation st) (in Britain) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 6.35 kg or 14 pounds:
He weighs over 15 stone. * She's trying to lose a stone.
IDIOMS
leave no stone unturned to try every possible course of action in order to find or achieve sth
a stone's throw a very short distance away:
We live just a stone's throw from here. * The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach.
moreatBLOODn., CARVE, HEART, KILLv., PEOPLEn.
verb [VN]
throw stones
1 [usuallypassive] to throw stones at sb/sth:
Shops were looted and vehicles stoned. * to be stoned to death (= as a punishment)
fruit
2 (BrE) (also pit AmE, BrE) to remove the hard seed (= the stone/pit) from the inside of a fruit:
stoned black olives
IDIOMS
stone the crows