[stəʊn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material
(e.g: the houses are built of stone)

- a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation
(e.g: a memorial stone)

- a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits

- a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg)
(e.g: I weighed 10 stone)

- a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey
(e.g: stone stretch trousers)


Phrases:
- a stone's throw
- be set in stone
- cast the first stone
- leave no stone unturned
- stone the crows!
- the stone end

Origin:
Old English stān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in stone)

[stəʊn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- throw stones at
(e.g: three vehicles were stoned and torched)

- remove the stone from (a fruit)

- build, face, or pave with stone
(e.g: the honey-stoned, eighteenth-century city)


Phrases:
- a stone's throw
- be set in stone
- cast the first stone
- leave no stone unturned
- stone the crows!
- the stone end

Origin:
Old English stān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in stone)