stone

a concretion of earthy or mineral matter

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

stone


4 Phonemes

s t O n


onset, rime

st one


Morpheme

stone


Sentence Examples

The pedestal is made of stone.

His birthdate and date of death were carved on the stone.

He was stoned to death for his crimes.

The soup was stone cold.

Common Phrases

stoned

Intoxicated by drugs, especially marijuana.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

gem

gravel

metal

mineral

pebble

rock

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

stone

stone

stone-age

stone cold

stone dead

stone deaf

stone-faced

paving stone

Rolling Stone

Neighborhood

Rhymes

blown

bone

flown

grown

known

own

phone

shone

shown

Onset Friends

still

started

stop

stood

start

stand

stick

steak

story

False Friends

done

gone

none

one

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