STONE
What does "STONE" mean?
A hard, solid piece of mineral matter; rock.
Meanings
- A small piece of rock, or rock as a material. He skipped a flat stone across the pond.
- The hard seed in the centre of certain fruits. Be careful of the stone in the peach.
- A British unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (about 6.35 kg). He lost two stone over the summer.
- A gem or precious stone. The ring held a single deep-blue stone.
- To throw stones at, especially as a form of punishment. In the old law, blasphemers were stoned. archaic
Did you know?
- In Britain people still give their body weight in 'stone' - one stone equals exactly 14 pounds.
Word origin
From Old English 'stan', from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch 'steen' and German 'Stein', all meaning stone.
Remember it
STONE hides 'one' at its end - one solid lump, the simplest unit of the earth.
A little poem
It outlasts the hand-
the river works a lifetime
to make one pebble smooth.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told the geologist his jokes never landed. He said that's fine - he prefers them to be stone-faced.
What it teaches
The river never argues with the stone; it just keeps passing until the stone agrees to be smooth.
Quick facts
What does STONE mean?
A hard, solid piece of mineral matter; rock.
Is STONE a valid word?
Yes — STONE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STONE?
STONE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STONE come from?
From Old English 'stan', from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch 'steen' and German 'Stein', all meaning stone.
What can STONE teach us?
The river never argues with the stone; it just keeps passing until the stone agrees to be smooth.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.