The meaning of Stone

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The innermost layer of the pericarp which surrounds a seed in a fruit. it may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).

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The fruits usually bear two or three seeds that are covered by an endocarp that opens when the frui…

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An inscribed headstone marking a grave.

Usage examples:

Do you know what your partner wants to have inscribed on their gravestone?

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A tombstone

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A slab of stone set up at the head of a grave, typically inscribed with the name of the dead person.

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It's an amazing sight to see 43 acres of graves and monuments and headstones and so many images of …

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A tombstone

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A softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its shell.

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The kernel of a walnut

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The edible part of a nut that is inside the shell, or the whole seed of a grain plant

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Fig. there’s a kernel of truth in what he said (= some small part of it is true).

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A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.

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We passed stonehenge, the strange stone monoliths silhouetted against the horizon

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A large block of stone standing by itself that was put up by people in ancient times

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He said that the national health service had become a vast bureaucratic monolith., the study docume…

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A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.

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A simple stone monument marked the nearby crash site

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An object, esp. large and made of stone, built to remember and show respect for a person or group of people, or a special place made for this purpose

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While in washington, d.c., we visited a number of historical monuments., fig. the annual arts festi…

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A tapering stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section, set up as a monument or landmark.

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High above a hill in oakwood cemetery at troy, new york, stands a huge obelisk, a monument to the l…

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A tall stone column with four sloping sides and a pointed top, made in honour of an important person or event

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A small hard seed in a fruit.

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Place the fruit, rind and pips in a large bowl and cover with cold water.

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A star (one to three according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform.

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A short high-pitched sound used especially to indicate the time on the radio or to instruct a caller using a public phone to insert more money.

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A large hole in the ground.

Usage examples:

I do not see any risk of these pits becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

verb

Set someone or something in conflict or competition with.

Usage examples:

You'll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions

verb

Remove the pit from (fruit).

Usage examples:

Leave some cherries whole so people can see later on how hard you worked pitting real cherries.

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The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.

Usage examples:

Cut open the peppers and remove the seeds

verb

Sow (land) with seeds.

Usage examples:

The shoreline is seeded with a special grass

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A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

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A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

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A flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.

Usage examples:

At the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet

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A small, flat, compressed cake of some substance

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A small, round, solid object made of medicine; a pill

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Aspirin tablets, the archaeologists found six tablets recording business transactions from over thr…

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A large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave.

Usage examples:

His grin exposed his yellowed teeth like a row of tombstones

verb

Jump into the sea from a cliff or other high point.

Usage examples:

Thrill-seeking lads tombstoned off the rocks

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A cut stone with writing on it that marks where a dead person is buried