stone
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3.9
- noun
- /stoʊn/
- stone fruit
- date stones
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Watch on YouTubeFor them, feelings have a judgement inside, like the stone inside a Peach.
- For them, feelings have a judgement inside, like the stone inside a Peach.
Examples
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Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that it's heart may stand in the sun.
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For them, feelings have a judgement inside, like the stone inside a Peach.
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They were olive stones left by the person before us, and now they were in my mouth.
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Growers in that state lead the nation in grape and stone fruit production.
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She bit into the juicy peach and felt the hard stone inside.
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After enjoying the cherries, they collected the stones to plant new trees.
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The ripe apricot revealed its stone when cut in half.
Synonyms
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3.2
A hard inner stone in fruits like peaches
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3.1
A hard stone in the middle of a peach that contains the seed
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2.8
A hard seed inside a cherry that you remove before eating
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9.9
A hard inner layer of a fruit that surrounds the seed
A hard stone inside some fruits that contains the seed
Idioms
- Informal
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4.4
Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal
- Literature
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7.7
To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault
Compounds
- Literature
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9.9
People in old stories say it changes ordinary metals into gold or gives eternal life
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4.5
A stone placed at a building's start during a ceremony, often with the date and founder's name
- Literature
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8.1
A stone at Blarney Castle in Ireland that people kiss to speak in a fluent, pleasant way
- US
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4.1
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
- Literature
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9.9
A magical thing that turns metals into gold and makes people live forever
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3.6
A stone like amethyst or turquoise used in jewelry that costs less than diamonds
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6.3
A heavy round piece of granite with a handle that slides across ice in the game of curling
- Specialized
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8.9
A winged insect that lives near streams and whose young live under stones in water
- Specialized
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6.6
A layer of stone attached to the outside of a wall or riverbank to protect it
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6.1
A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools
- Specialized
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9.9
A rock made of many pebbles and small stones held together by harder material
- South African
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9.3
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
- Specialized
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9.9
A large bird with a big head and eyes that is active at night near coasts and wetlands
- South African
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9.9
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
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9.5
A small plant with thick leaves that look like stones and a single yellow or white flower
- Specialized
A fine white clay made when rocks break down and used to make pottery and as a filler
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that look like stones and one yellow or white flower
A large tree from central Europe with groups of five needles and edible seeds
- Specialized
A computer used by a hacker to reach other computers and hide where they came from
- US
A large brown fish that lives near rocks and shipwrecks in the Atlantic and Mediterranean
- UK
A small wild animal like a weasel with brown fur and a pale throat patch found in Europe and Asia
- South African
A small water-storing plant with thick leaves that look like stones
- Specialized
A small plant with delicate pink flowers that grows on sunny rocky ground
A machine that splits large stone blocks like granite or marble into smaller pieces
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Stone for the hard seed inside fruit comes from the same old word stān meaning 'rock', because that inner part is as hard as a small rock. So a fruit 'stone' is simply the hard piece that holds the seed.