Stone

Stone

Stone may refer to:

Construction and building

* Masonry, the building of structures from stone
* Coade stone, a special form of vitreous stoneware, used for monumental work and architectural decoration
* Standing stone, a solitary stone set vertically into the groundseealso|list of stone for the types of stone used in sculpture and construction

Geology

* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids, or an individual piece of rock
* Marble, a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestonea mixture of faded pastel colours reminiscent of mother of pearl(written by B.J.G)

Books and comics

* "Stone" (novel), a science fiction novel by Adam Roberts
* "Stone" trilogy, a novel series by Graham Edwards
* Stone (Marvel Comics), several characters in the Marvel Comics universe
* "Stones", a young adult novel by William E. Bell

Film and television

* "Stone" (film), a 1974 Australian action-adventure
* "The Stones" (TV series), an American sitcom
* "Piedras" (film) ("Stones"), a 2002 Spanish film
* Stone Phillips, a television news anchor

Music

* Stone (band), a Finnish thrash metal band
* The Stone (band), a Serbian black metal band
* The Stones (New Zealand band), a New Zealand rock band
* The Rolling Stones, a British rock and roll band, often called "the Stones"
* "Stones" (song), a song popular in the "Ultima" RPG universe
* "Stones" (Neil Diamond album)
* "The Stone" (Ashes Divide song)
* "Stone," a song by the Small Faces on the album "First Step"
* The Stone (Dave Matthews Band song)

Places in England

* Stone, Buckinghamshire
* Stone, Kent
* Stone, Staffordshire
* Stone, Gloucestershire

Units of measure

* Stone (mass), a unit of mass which since the latter half of the twentieth century has been equal to fourteen pounds
* Stone (Chinese weight), a Chinese unit of weight equal to 120 piculs or 160 pounds

Other meanings

* Stone butch
* Stone (surname)
* Stoning, a method of execution
* Stoneware, a category of clay or ceramic material
* Stone Brewing Company, a brewery in Escondido, California
* Gemstone, a type of stone used in jewelry
* Calculus (medicine), a stone formed in the body, such as kidney stones or gallstones
* Iskander, a missile system, SS-26 Stone in NATO reporting code
* Stone of a fruit
* Stoner Slang term for a person, who uses drugs often.

ee also

* Stoned
* Stoney
* The Stone


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  • Stone — Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stone — (englisch für Stein) steht für: Stone (Familienname), der Familienname Stone Stone (Band), eine finnische Thrash Metal Band Stone (Einheit), eine englische Masse Einheit Stone (Film), ein Thriller aus dem Jahr 2010 von John Curran Stone… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • STONE (R.) — STONE RICHARD (1913 1991) Économiste anglais né en 1913, Richard Stone a commencé sa carrière chez un courtier londonien, avant de rejoindre en 1940 les rangs du Bureau central des statistiques, à l’initiative de John Maynard Keynes. Ses… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • stone — ► NOUN 1) hard, solid non metallic mineral matter of which rock is made. 2) a small piece of stone found on the ground. 3) a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially to commemorate something or to mark out a boundary. 4) a gem. 5) a hard… …   English terms dictionary

  • Stone — Stone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoning}.] [From {Stone}, n.: cf. AS. st?nan, Goth. stainjan.] 1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. [1913 Webster] And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stone — [stōn] n. [ME < OE stan, akin to Du steen, Ger stein < IE base * stāi , to become thick, compress, stiffen > L stiria, a drop (< stilla), Gr stear, tallow] 1. the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is composed 2. a… …   English World dictionary

  • stone — adverb. Combinations such as stone cold and stone dead, in which stone is used adverbially (‘like a stone’), have been recorded for centuries. More recently, stone has developed a freer adverbial use as a mere intensive equivalent to very or… …   Modern English usage

  • STONE (M. H.) — STONE MARSHALL HARVEY (1903 1989) Après ses études à l’université Harvard, Marshall Harvey Stone enseigna dans diverses universités: Columbia (1925 1927), Yale (1931 1933), Harvard (1927 1931, puis 1933 1946) et Chicago (depuis 1944). Il fut élu… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Stone — Stone, Nicholas * * * (as used in expressions) Stone, Edward Durell Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone, Lucy Stone, Oliver Stone, Robert (Anthony) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • STONE, I.F. — STONE, I.F. (Isidore Feinstein; 1907–1989), U.S. journalist, born in Philadelphia. Stone edited the liberal weekly The Nation, 1940–46. From 1952 until 1971 he published I.F. Stone s Weekly written by himself and noted for its criticism of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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