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Meanings of stone in English
Synonyms
Examples for "gem"
Examples for "gem"
1
As the pledge amount goes up, the price per gem comes down.
2
Yet another gem in the hands of the Office of Public Works.
3
Endorse your checks with this gem and it'll bring you good luck.
4
Right in the middle of the speech I had placed a gem.
5
Difficult People is a great little gem, somewhat unpolished but dazzling nonetheless.
1
Put your gemstone roller in the refrigerator for an extra cooling effect.
2
Overworking a scene could be like putting a hammer to a gemstone.
3
We sailed on in bright sunlight, over a blue sea of gemstone intensity.
4
He drew more citizens, more gemstone cities, and thousands of trees.
5
The green gemstone seemed to glow as if lit from within.
Informal unit of measure equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois.
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Usage of stone in English
1
He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
2
History: A field stone building, originally a home, built in the 1890s.
3
Unfortunately the staircase was in stone; servants were busy in the drawing-room.
4
He may, indeed, require divine help to roll aside this particular stone.
5
The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
6
The voice said, 'But you haven't actually seen the stone for yourself.'
7
From the City Press' report, it seems nothing is set in stone.
8
Jesus said: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
9
Put a nut in the place of the stone in the cherries.
10
However, Mr Andrews emphasised that this date was not set in stone.
11
Still he walked, following the great stone road east toward the mountains.
12
Some say 19 September but it's not set in stone just yet.
13
We wonder if they're glass or stone, washed smooth by the sea.
14
Andrew found the work deeply, almost primitively satisfying: moving stone, making hedge.
15
A stone mews attached to the main house dates from that time.
16
The face walls are of stone laid in courses of 14 in.
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