stone
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4.4
- noun
- /stəʊn/
- UK
:
stone (unidad de peso)
- Tell Major Gregory: Seventeen and a half stone.
So when I first walked into a gym, I would about how about four stone?
- So when I first walked into a gym, I would about how about four stone?
Examples
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I'm a foot taller and two stone heavier than you, after all.
Fiction book (2001) -
You will lose a stone by Christmas and your knees will not hurt anymore.
Academic text (2011) -
Maybe a stone and a half, two stone in weight?
Fiction book (2001) -
I dropped down to four stone, spent most of my day on the toilet.
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He's about 12 stone and 5'9".
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The sapless Kopelman door groaned when the fifteen-stone body brought all its weight to bear on it.
Fiction book (1991) -
She weighs ten stone, which is considered a healthy weight for her height.
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The doctor recommended that he should aim to lose a stone over the next few months.
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He proudly announced that he had gained a stone since last year, thanks to his new diet.
Idioms
- Informal
8
4.4
Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal
- Literature
6
7.7
To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault
Compounds
- Literature
1
8.1
A stone at Blarney Castle in Ireland that people kiss to speak in a fluent, pleasant way
- US
1
4.1
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
- Literature
1
9.9
A magical thing that turns metals into gold and makes people live forever
1
6.3
A heavy round piece of granite with a handle that slides across ice in the game of curling
1
4.5
A stone placed at a building's start during a ceremony, often with the date and founder's name
1
3.6
A stone like amethyst or turquoise used in jewelry that costs less than diamonds
- 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
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools
- Specialized
A rock made of many pebbles and small stones held together by harder material
- Literature
People in old stories say it changes ordinary metals into gold or gives eternal life
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
- Specialized
A winged insect that lives near streams and whose young live under stones in water
- 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
- Specialized
A large bird with a big head and eyes that is active at night near coasts and wetlands
- Specialized
A layer of stone attached to the outside of a wall or riverbank to protect it
A small plant with thick leaves that look like stones and a single yellow or white flower
A machine that splits large stone blocks like granite or marble into smaller pieces
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stone as a unit of weight comes from the old habit of using real stones as weights on scales. So people began to measure by a 'stone', which is why weight in Britain is still sometimes given in stones.