stone definition

1. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
• examples: he wanted a special stone to mark the site
2. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
• examples: a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone
3. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
• examples: you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
4. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
5. United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
6. United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
7. United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
8. United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
9. United States architect (1902-1978)
10. a lack of feeling or expression or movement
• examples: he must have a heart of stone
• examples: her face was as hard as stone
11. kill by throwing stones at
• examples: People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
12. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors