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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
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Examples for "rock"
Examples for "rock"
1
He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
The two towers
2
Four Icelanders and an American asked the question: Can rock climbing help?
Climbing Magazine
3
The government plans to control the state before hitting rock-bottom, he said.
Reuters
4
However, local climbers have long felt the area's dearth of quality rock.
Climbing Magazine
5
There is a rock rising from a great turquoise sea of sand.
Year's best sf 15
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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