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stone [a]

1)	of any of various dull tannish-gray colors

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chromatic

stone [n]

1)	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"

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rock

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natural_object lapidate achondrite bedrock boulder calculus chondrite clastic_rock crystal intrusion outcrop pebble petrifaction sill stepping_stone tor wall_rock whin xenolith

2)	material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"

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rock

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material lapidate mineral quartzite road_metal sedimentary_rock sial sima metamorphic_rock crushed_rock caliche shingling pumice aphanite claystone dolomite emery_rock conglomerate fieldstone greisen calc-tufa magma igneous_rock limestone marble

3)	building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"

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4)	a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

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gem gemstone

5)	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

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endocarp pit

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pericarp pit peach_pit cherry_stone

6)	an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"

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avoirdupois_unit quarter britain lb

7)	United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

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oliver_stone

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film_maker

8)	United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

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lucy_stone

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feminist suffragist

9)	United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

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i._f._stone isidor_feinstein_stone

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journalist

10)

United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946)

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harlan_fiske_stone

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jurist

11)

United States architect (1902-1978)

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edward_durell_stone

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architect

12)

a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"

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coldness

stone [v]

1)	kill by throwing stones at; "Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran"

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lapidate

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kill lapidation lapidator rock rock

2)	remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"

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pit

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remove endocarp

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

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