stone
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
Other meanings
A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
A kind of
- building material
Kinds of stone
- cornerstone
- foundation stone
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "stān".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.