Synonyms for stones
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : stoÊŠn |
Top 10 synonyms for stones Other synonyms for the word stones
Définition of stones
Origin :- Old English stan, used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (cf. Old Norse steinn, Danish steen, Old High German and German stein, Gothic stains), from PIE *stai- "stone," also "to thicken, stiffen" (cf. Sanskrit styayate "curdles, becomes hard;" Avestan stay- "heap;" Greek stear "fat, tallow," stia, stion "pebble;" Old Church Slavonic stena "wall").
- Slang sense of "testicle" is from mid-12c. The British measure of weight (usually equal to 14 pounds) is from late 14c., originally a specific stone. Stone's throw for "a short distance" is attested from 1580s. Stone Age is from 1864. To kill two birds with one stone is first attested 1650s.
- noun hard piece of earth's surface
- We could follow the blood-drops for a long way over the stones.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- This afternoon I took a round of angles and bearings from a pile of stones on the hill.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- No stones or other missiles were used; the battle was fist to fist.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- So it is almost with a shudder I take my last look at the Stones of Carnac.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- I was too far to hear him, but the people broke out with a shower of sticks and stones.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- I couldn't have supposed that in my presence people would be stocks and stones!
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Why in this world are you talking about stones and sage and greasewood?
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Remember my orders: stones in your pockets, the stick in your hand.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- "Sticks an' stones'll break my bones, but names'll never hurt me," he quoted at her.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He lay as still as the stones beside him, and all was quiet again in the twilight.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
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