Stone

  • 61stone — See: cast the first stone, have a heart of stone, kill two birds with one stone, leave no stone unturned, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones, rolling stone gathers no moss …

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  • 62stone — n 1. pebble, lapillus, rock, boulder; flint, slate, granite, adamant; crag, tor; gravel, lava, scoria; shale, bluestone, sandstone. 2. slab, flagstone, paving stone, cobblestone, building stone, cornerstone; monolith, obelisk. 3. precious stone,… …

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  • 63stone*/*/*/ — [stəʊn] noun I 1) [U] the hard substance that rocks are made of a cottage built of stone[/ex] 2) [C] a small piece of rock Children threw stones at him.[/ex] 3) [C] British a large hard seed that is inside a piece of fruit a peach stone[/ex] 4)… …

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  • 64stone — каменный paved with slabs of stone вымощенный каменными плитами Old Stone Age палеолит, древний каменный век stone wall каменная стена, каменная ограда meteoric stone аэролит, каменный метеорит New Stone Age неолит, новый каменный век …

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  • 65Stone —    Egypt is rich in a variety of stones used for both construction and art. Stone was first used for construction in Early Dynastic tombsat Saqqaraand Abydos. The first fully stone building was the step pyramid of Djoser allegedly designed by… …

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  • 66stone — noun 1) someone threw a stone at me Syn: rock, pebble, boulder 2) a commemorative stone Syn: tablet, monument, monolith, obelisk; gravestone, headstone, tombstone 3) …

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  • 67stone — see you cannot get blood from a stone you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones constant dropping wears away a stone drive gently over the stones those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones …

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  • 68stone — I. n. 1. Rock, pebble, bowlder. 2. Gem, jewel, precious stone. 3. Gravestone, tombstone, monument, cenotaph, monumental tablet. 4. Nut (of a drupe). 5. Vesical calculus. 6. Testicle. 7. A …

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  • 69stone — noun 1) someone threw a stone Syn: rock, pebble, boulder 2) a precious stone Syn: gem, gemstone, jewel; informal rock, sparkler 3) a peach stone Syn …

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  • 70stone — See finishing stone honing stone roughing stone …

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