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Meanings of stone in English

Portuguese
gema
Catalan
gemma
Wikidata

A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.

        gema
        Russian
        камень
        Portuguese
        rocha
        Spanish
        piedra
        Catalan
        pedra
        Wikidata

        Rock or artificial rock-like material.

              камень
              Portuguese
              endocarpo
              Catalan
              endocarpi
              Spanish
              hueso

              The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.

                    endocarpo
                    Russian
                    стоун
                    Portuguese
                    stone
                    Spanish
                    stone
                    Catalan
                    stone

                    Informal unit of measure equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois.

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                          стоун
                          Usage of stone in English
                          1
                          He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
                          The two towers
                          2
                          History: A field stone building, originally a home, built in the 1890s.
                          The ghost chronicles
                          3
                          Unfortunately the staircase was in stone; servants were busy in the drawing-room.
                          Mike Fletcher: A Novel
                          4
                          He may, indeed, require divine help to roll aside this particular stone.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
                          La Grande Breteche
                          6
                          The voice said, 'But you haven't actually seen the stone for yourself.'
                          61 hours
                          7
                          From the City Press' report, it seems nothing is set in stone.
                          The South African
                          8
                          Jesus said: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
                          Ebony
                          9
                          Put a nut in the place of the stone in the cherries.
                          Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties / With Fifty Illust...
                          10
                          However, Mr Andrews emphasised that this date was not set in stone.
                          News.com.au
                          11
                          Still he walked, following the great stone road east toward the mountains.
                          The Wise Man’s Fear
                          12
                          Some say 19 September but it's not set in stone just yet.
                          The South African
                          13
                          We wonder if they're glass or stone, washed smooth by the sea.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          Andrew found the work deeply, almost primitively satisfying: moving stone, making hedge.
                          Water, stone, heart
                          15
                          A stone mews attached to the main house dates from that time.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          The face walls are of stone laid in courses of 14 in.
                          Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887
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