to stone
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4.6
- verb
- /stoʊn/
- During the cooking class, the instructor showed us how to stone the plums quickly and efficiently.
Examples
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- Please stone, excuse me, I have to get back.
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"I was able to recognize it and stone the backer in the hole, and Robert was able to make a good throw," he said.
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Wait, I know, we can each tattoo our religious affiliation so we'll know who is a true American and who we should stone.
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THEN WHEN I COME OUT, YOU WILL PLAY THE VILLAGERS AND START TO STONE ME.
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To make the pie, first, you need to peel and stone the cherries before adding them to the filling.
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When preparing the salad, don't forget to stone the olives to prevent anyone from biting into the pits.
Synonyms
3
5.5
To remove the stone from a fruit like a cherry
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
8
4.4
Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal
- Literature
8
7.7
To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
4
9.9
People in old stories say it changes ordinary metals into gold or gives eternal life
3
4.5
A stone placed at a building's start during a ceremony, often with the date and founder's name
- Literature
2
8.1
A stone at Blarney Castle in Ireland that people kiss to speak in a fluent, pleasant way
- US
2
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
3.6
A stone like amethyst or turquoise used in jewelry that costs less than diamonds
1
6.3
A heavy round piece of granite with a handle that slides across ice in the game of curling
- Specialized
1
8.9
A winged insect that lives near streams and whose young live under stones in water
- Specialized
1
6.6
A layer of stone attached to the outside of a wall or riverbank to protect it
1
6.1
A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools
- Specialized
1
9.9
A rock made of many pebbles and small stones held together by harder material
- South African
1
9.3
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
- Specialized
1
9.9
A large bird with a big head and eyes that is active at night near coasts and wetlands
- South African
1
9.9
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
1
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stone as a verb meaning to remove the pit from fruit comes from the noun stone, because you take out the hard 'stone' inside. So to 'stone' a cherry is to remove its seed or pit.