stone

stone

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/stəʊ̯n/]

Senses

1. stone (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

Example: Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i’th’ charmed pot.

Concept: Камень

Polarities of the concept

2. stone (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.

Example: A railway station which formerly stood a few miles from Sydney has recently been demolished, stone by stone, and has been re-erected as a church in the Australian Capital Territory of Canberra, about 200 miles away.

3. stone (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

Example: […]Ineſtimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…]

4. stone (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Constructed of stone.

Example: stone walls

5. stone (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Having the appearance of stone.

Example: stone pot

6. stone (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

7. stone (adv) — sense 7

Definition: As a stone (used with following adjective).

Example: My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.

8. stone (adv) — sense 8

Definition: Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

Example: I went stone crazy after she left.

Structure of the word

Roots:

Polarities

Hardness ↔ Softness — concept «Камень»

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