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stone

[stohn] / stoʊn /


NOUN
small hard seed
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One or two players from the throwing team use carbon-fiber brooms to sweep the ice in front of the moving stone, influencing its path and speed.

From Los Angeles Times

Cold stone, after all, does little to enhance comfort during a long performance.

From Salon

From gigantic dinosaur footprints frozen in stone to a spectacular parade of planets, science in 2025 delivered moments of real awe.

From BBC

You’d have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

From MarketWatch

But its shape, though haunting, is also oddly inviting, bringing to mind stone troughs and thirsty animals.

From The Wall Street Journal