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# stone

«stone» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small piece of rock** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, verb (stone, stones, stoned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stone is a small piece of rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#m1)

2) Stone is the hard material rocks are made of: a stone wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#m2)

3) A stone is the hard seed in the middle of some fruits, like a cherry or a peach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#m3)

4) A stone is a jewel: a ring with a red stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#m4)

5) A stone is a unit of weight used in Britain and Ireland: a stone is 14 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#m5)

6) A kidney stone is a hard lump that can form in the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a thing counted (stones collected, stones in a wall); rarely a unit of weight. Science: rocks and stones, the Stone Age when tools were made of stone. Everyday: stepping stones, «a stone's throw» (very near), «kill two birds with one stone» (do two things at once).

### examples

- Ben found 14 stones on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x1)
- The wall uses 300 stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x2)
- He threw 5 stones into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x3)
- Each stone weighs 2 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x4)
- My dad weighs 12 stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x5)
- Take the stone out of the peach before you eat it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x6)
- We crossed the stream on stepping stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x7)
- The park is just a stone's throw from our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x8)
- The stones slip under my feet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/#x9)

### note

Countable for pieces (stones); uncountable for the material (made of stone). Usually the thing counted. Trap: in British problems «stone» can be a weight (one stone is 14 pounds), and the plural is often «stone»: 12 stone. Safety: never throw stones at people, cars or animals.

### In the corpora

- [Ultramarine blue, made from a stone, once cost more than gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/17/)
- [Wild chimpanzees make tools: they fish for termites with stripped twigs, crack nuts with stones and use leaves as sponges.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees/7/)
- [Sea otters smash shellfish on a stone laid on the chest and keep a favourite stone in a loose skin pocket under the arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/12/)
- [Fish can learn simple mazes and remember the way, sometimes using landmarks like stones or plants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/152-goldfish-memory/8/)
- [Some male penguins give stones to females as part of choosing a partner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.