stone

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for stone

stone 🔊 /stowˈn/

stone : ස්ටෝනය

stone : ශිලාව

stone : ශිලා

stone : ගල් ගසනවා

stone : සිලා

stone : ගලින් තැනූ දේ

stone : ගල

stone : පාෂාණය

stone : සල

stone : ගලින් තැනූ

stone : අශ්මරී

stone : ශෛලමය

stone : මැණික් ගල

stone definition

Noun.

  1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.
  2. A precious stone; a gem.
  3. Something made of stone. Specifically: -
  4. The glass of a mirror; a mirror.
  5. A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
  6. A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
  7. One of the testes; a testicle.
  8. The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
  9. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.
  10. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
  11. A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone.
  12. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
  13. To make like stone; to harden.
  14. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
  15. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
  16. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.