stone

stone
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. coblestone, pebble; mineral; gem, jewel; gravestone, tombstone, millstone, whetstone, hearthstone, flagstone, etc.; pit, endocarp, pyrene; concretion, calculus. See density, ornament.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. rock, stony, rocky, flinty, adamantine, hard, rough, cragged, craggy, petrified, petrous, calciferous, calcific, lithic, calcified, become stone, petrographic, petrographical, crystallographic, lithographic, lithological, marble, granite.
n.
Syn. concretion, mass, crag, cobblestone, cobble, boulder, gravel, pebble, rock, sand, grain, granite, marble, flint, gem, Jewel.
• cast the first stone,
Syn. criticize, blame, reprimand; see attack 2 , scold .
• leave no stone unturned,
Syn. take Great pains, do everything possible, persist, try hard; see continue 1 , pursue 1 , work 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
rock, boulder, pebble, granite, cobblestone, gravel, crag, jewel, gemstone, gem, precious stone, semiprecious gem, *ice, birthstone, bijou, diamond, emerald, sapphire, ruby, pearl, topaz, amethyst, tourmaline, onyx, garnet, zircon.
WORD FIND
• bits and pieces: rubble, spall, grit
• capstone on ancient monument: dolmen
• cutter: mason
• cutter, polisher, engraver: lapidary
• cutting, polishing, engraving, art of: lapidary
• excavation pit: quarry
• fire-starting: flint
• giant: boulder, megalith
• globular stone with a crystal-lined center: geode
• memorial pile or trailmarker: cairn
• piles found on mountain slopes: scree, talus, cairn
• polishing: pumice
• sharpening: whetstone
• stony: petrous, lithoid
• transported far from native land by glacier: erratic, glacial erratic
• turn to: petrify
see rock

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