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Grammar : Noun
Spell : stohn
Phonetic Transcription : stoʊn

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Définition of stones

Origin :
  • Old English stan, used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (cf. Old Norse steinn, Danish steen, Old High German and German stein, Gothic stains), from PIE *stai- "stone," also "to thicken, stiffen" (cf. Sanskrit styayate "curdles, becomes hard;" Avestan stay- "heap;" Greek stear "fat, tallow," stia, stion "pebble;" Old Church Slavonic stena "wall").
  • Slang sense of "testicle" is from mid-12c. The British measure of weight (usually equal to 14 pounds) is from late 14c., originally a specific stone. Stone's throw for "a short distance" is attested from 1580s. Stone Age is from 1864. To kill two birds with one stone is first attested 1650s.
  • noun hard piece of earth's surface
Example sentences :
  • We could follow the blood-drops for a long way over the stones.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • This afternoon I took a round of angles and bearings from a pile of stones on the hill.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • No stones or other missiles were used; the battle was fist to fist.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • So it is almost with a shudder I take my last look at the Stones of Carnac.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • I was too far to hear him, but the people broke out with a shower of sticks and stones.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I couldn't have supposed that in my presence people would be stocks and stones!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Why in this world are you talking about stones and sage and greasewood?
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Remember my orders: stones in your pockets, the stick in your hand.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • "Sticks an' stones'll break my bones, but names'll never hurt me," he quoted at her.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He lay as still as the stones beside him, and all was quiet again in the twilight.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

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