stone
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(satellite adjective) of any of various dull tannish-gray colors |
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(verb) kill by throwing stones at; "Adulters should be stoned according to the Koran" |
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Synonyms: lapidate |
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Related Words: kill |
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(noun) a piece of stone hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" |
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Related Words: Blarney Stone, ashlar, building material, capstone, coping stone, cornerstone, foundation stone, gravestone, grindstone, headstone, hearthstone, impost, millstone, monolith, paving stone, springer, stela, stele, stretcher, tombstone, whetstone |
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(noun) the single central seed in some fruits such as peaches and cherries enclosed in a hard woody shell |
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Synonyms: pit |
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Related Words: seed |
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(noun) (British) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds |
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Related Words: avoirdupois unit |
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(verb) remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches |
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Synonyms: pit |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(noun) a lump of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" |
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Synonyms: rock |
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Related Words: achondrite, bedrock, boulder, bowlder, calculus, chondrite, crystal, natural object, outcrop, outcropping, pebble, petrifaction, rock outcrop, sill, stepping stone, tor, wall rock |
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(noun) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
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Synonyms: rock |
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Related Words: aphanite, caliche, claystone, conglomerate, crushed rock, dolomite, emery rock, emery stone, fieldstone, gravel, greisen, igneous rock, lava, limestone, magma, marble, material, metamorphic rock, pudding stone, pumice, pumice stone, quartzite, road metal, sedimentary rock, shingling, stuff |
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(noun) small pellets of ice that fall during a hailstorm |
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Synonyms: hailstone |
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Related Words: ice, water ice |
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(noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry |
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Synonyms: gem, gemstone |
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Related Words: cabochon, crystal, opaque gem, transparent gem |
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