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stone

Definition for stone

noun as in hard piece of earth's surface

Strongest matches

gem, gravel, metal, mineral, pebble, rock

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boulder, crag, jewel, masonry, ore, stonework

noun as in small hard seed

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kernel, pip, pit, seed

Weak matches

grain, nut

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Example Sentences

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He looked at the whole complicated picture, the long history, the writing etched on the stones of the oldest archeological sites, and said: That’s fabulous beachfront property going to waste.

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A bird looks like an abstract whorl until you catch it at a particular angle; a man barely emerges from his stone, the cross on his neck just visible.

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A spokesman denied the allegation to the Mail on Sunday, saying Conholt had deployed a “highly sophisticated water-collection system” for rain from buildings and paving stones.

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In late September, she missed an event at her Dollywood amusement park due to kidney stones.

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"I do want to reassure people that no stone is being left unturned."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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