Cobblestone vs. Stone

Cobblestone vs. Stone — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cobblestone and Stone

Cobblestonenoun

A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

Stonenoun

(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

Cobblestonenoun

(uncountable) The material made from cobblestones.

Stonenoun

A small piece of stone, a pebble.

Cobblestonenoun

rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads

Stonenoun

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

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Stonenoun

A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms

Stonenoun

(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

a peach stone

Stonenoun

(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.

kidney stone

Stonenoun

(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.

Stonenoun

A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

Stonenoun

(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

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Stonenoun

A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

Stonenoun

(obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.

Stonenoun

(obsolete) A testicle.

Stonenoun

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

Stoneverb

(transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

She got stoned to death after they found her.

Stoneverb

(transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

Stoneverb

(intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

Stoneverb

To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. Usually in passive

Stoneverb

To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

Stoneverb

(transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

Stoneadjective

Constructed of stone.

stone walls

Stoneadjective

Having the appearance of stone.

stone pot

Stoneadjective

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

Stoneadjective

(AAVE) Used as an intensifier.

She is one stone fox.

Stoneadjective

(LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

stone butch; stone femme

Stoneadverb

As a stone used with following adjective.

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

Stoneadverb

(slang) Absolutely, completely used with following adjectives.

I went stone crazy after she left.I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.The Styistics performed a love song titled "I'm Stone in Love with You".

Stonenoun

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;

he threw a rock at me

Stonenoun

material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;

that mountain is solid rockstone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries

Stonenoun

building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose;

he wanted a special stone to mark the site

Stonenoun

a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;

he had the gem set in a ring for his wifeshe had jewels made of all the rarest stones

Stonenoun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

Stonenoun

an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds;

a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone

Stonenoun

United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

Stonenoun

United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

Stonenoun

United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

Stonenoun

United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946)

Stonenoun

United States architect (1902-1978)

Stonenoun

a lack of feeling or expression or movement;

he must have a heart of stoneher face was as hard as stone

Stoneverb

kill by throwing stones at;

Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran

Stoneverb

remove the pits from;

pit plums and cherries

Stoneadjective

of any of various dull tannish-gray colors