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stone

Definition

  • noun: a hard substance that comes from the ground and is used for building, carving, etc.
  • noun: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter
  • verb: to hurl 'stones' at
  • verb: to throw stones at (someone or something)
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: gem, mirror, gravestone

Examples

  • His political ideas are from 'the Stone Age'. [=are from the distant past; are very out of date]

  • Their lawyer said that he would 'leave no stone unturned' in trying to find more evidence.

  • The researchers 'left no stone unturned' in their search for the original documents.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,This is light? Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Of course! Here it is! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Nicholas Flamel is the only known\Nmaker of the Sorcerer's Stone. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,The what? (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful\Nit is known as the Draught of the Living Dead. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat\Nand it will save you from most poisons (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone