stone /stәun/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
• (n.) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
• (n.) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Chinese translation

• n. 石头, 宝石, 果核, 纪念碑, 结石
• vt. 投扔石子, 铺石头
• a. 石的, 石制的, 完全的

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/stәun/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.8 · Common

Word forms

stones, stoned, stoning

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Related words

stones · stony · stonemason

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