adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 56 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/stəʊ̯n/
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General-American:/stoʊ̯n/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/stɐʉ̯n/
Scotland:/ston/
Wales:/stoːn/without the toe–tow merger
rhymes with -əʊn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Constructed of stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
stone walls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stonen
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having the appearance of stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
stone pot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Used as an intensifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
Examples
She is one stone fox.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, slang
Examples
stone butch
stone femme
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pillow princess
6
adv
Meaning 6
As a stone (used with following adjective).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adv
Meaning 7
Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, slang
Examples
I went stone crazy after she left.
I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
name
Meaning 8
An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
name
Meaning 9
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
name
Meaning 10
A placename:
A locale in England:
A village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
name
Meaning 11
A placename:
A locale in England:
A village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
name
Meaning 12
A placename:
A locale in England:
A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
name
Meaning 13
A placename:
A locale in England:
A hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
name
Meaning 14
A placename:
A locale in England:
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
name
Meaning 15
A placename:
A locale in England:
A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
name
Meaning 16
A placename:
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
name
Meaning 17
A placename:
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
18
name
Meaning 18
A placename:
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
name
Meaning 19
A placename:
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in the town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
name
Meaning 20
A placename:
Ellipsis of Stone County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
21
noun
Meaning 21
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rock
Antonyms: none provided
22
noun
Meaning 22
A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
23
noun
Meaning 23
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
24
noun
Meaning 24
A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
Examples
British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
25
noun
Meaning 25
The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
Near-synonym: pip
a peach stone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pit, seed pit, pyrena, pyrene, pip
Antonyms: none provided
26
noun
Meaning 26
A hard, stone-like deposit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calculus
Antonyms: none provided
27
noun
Meaning 27
A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: board games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
28
noun
Meaning 28
A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
29
noun
Meaning 29
A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lapidate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *steyh2- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh2nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh2- (“to stiffen”). Cognates Cognate with Scots stane (“stone”), Yola sthoan (“stone”), North Frisian stean, stian, stiin, stiinj (“stone”), Saterland Frisian Steen (“stone”), West Frisian stien (“stone”), Alemannic German Steei (“rock, stone”), Bavarian Staa (“rock, stone”), Central Franconian Steen, Stään (“stone”), Dutch steen (“stone”), German Stein (“rock, stone”), German Low German Steen, Stein (“stone”), Luxembourgish Steen (“stone”), Vilamovian śtan (“stone”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), Danish and Swedish sten (“stone”), Elfdalian stien (“stone”), Faroese steinur (“stone”), Gutnish stain (“rock, stone”), Icelandic steinn (“rock, stone”), Norwegian Bokmål stein, sten (“stone”), Norwegian Nynorsk steidn, stein (“stone”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains, “stone”). Compare also Ancient Greek στία (stía, “pebble”), στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”), Lithuanian sténgti (“to be able, make an effort; to oppose”), Russian стена́ (stená, “wall”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit स्तिया (stiyā, “still or stagnant water”). Doublet of stain, stean, and stein.
From stone. Doublet of Steen and Stein.
From Middle English stonen, stanen, from Old English *stānian (“to stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainōn, from Proto-Germanic *stainōną (“to stone”). Cognate with Scots stane (“to stone”), German Low German stenen (“to stone”), Danish stene (“to stone”), Swedish stena (“to stone”), Faroese steina (“to stone”). Compare also Saterland Frisian stenigje (“to stone”), West Frisian stiennigje (“to stone”), Dutch stenigen (“to stone”), German steinigen (“to stone”).
Across languages
Translations
949 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
քարաշեն
(kʻarašen)
— constructed of stone
Breton:
maen
— constructed of stone
Bulgarian:
каменен
(kamenen)
— constructed of stone
Catalan:
petri
— constructed of stone
Catalan:
pedrenc
— constructed of stone
Czech:
kamenný
— constructed of stone
Danish:
sten-
— constructed of stone
Danish:
af sten
— constructed of stone
Dutch:
stenen
— constructed of stone
Esperanto:
ŝtona
— constructed of stone
Finnish:
kivinen
— constructed of stone
Finnish:
kivi-
— constructed of stone
French:
de pierre
— constructed of stone
French:
en pierre
— constructed of stone
German:
steinern
— constructed of stone
Gothic:
𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃
(staineins)
— constructed of stone
Ancient Greek:
λιθινός
(lithinós)
— constructed of stone
Hindi:
संगी
(saṅgī)
— constructed of stone
Hindi:
संगीन
(saṅgīn)
— constructed of stone
Interlingua:
de petra
— constructed of stone
Interlingua:
petrose
— constructed of stone
Italian:
pietroso
— constructed of stone
Italian:
petroso
— constructed of stone
Italian:
roccioso
— constructed of stone
Japanese:
石製
(sekisei)
— constructed of stone
Latin:
lapideus
— constructed of stone
Latvian:
akmens
— constructed of stone
Macedonian:
камен
(kamen)
— constructed of stone
Old English:
stǣnen
— constructed of stone
Persian:
سنگی
— constructed of stone
Polish:
kamienny
— constructed of stone
Portuguese:
de pedra
— constructed of stone
Portuguese:
pétreo
— constructed of stone
Russian:
ка́менный
(kámennyj)
— constructed of stone
Spanish:
de piedra
— constructed of stone
Spanish:
pétreo
— constructed of stone
Swahili:
jiwe
— constructed of stone
Swedish:
sten-
— constructed of stone
Swedish:
av sten
— constructed of stone
Tamil:
கல்
(kal)
— constructed of stone
Telugu:
రాతి
(rāti)
— constructed of stone
Catalan:
petri
— having the appearance of stone
Catalan:
pedrenc
— having the appearance of stone
Danish:
stenagtig
— having the appearance of stone
Dutch:
stenen
— having the appearance of stone
Finnish:
kivijäljitelmä-
— having the appearance of stone
German:
steinern
— having the appearance of stone
Hindi:
संगी
(saṅgī)
— having the appearance of stone
Italian:
pietroso
— having the appearance of stone
Italian:
petroso
— having the appearance of stone
Italian:
roccioso
— having the appearance of stone
Norwegian:
steinaktig
— having the appearance of stone
Persian:
سنگی
— having the appearance of stone
Swahili:
jiwe
— having the appearance of stone
Tamil:
கல்
(kal)
— having the appearance of stone
Telugu:
రాతి
(rāti)
— having the appearance of stone