Boulder vs. Stone

Bouldernoun

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

Bouldernoun

(geology) A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Bouldernoun

A large marble, in children's games.

Bouldernoun

(climbing) A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

Boulderverb

(climbing) To engage in bouldering.

Bouldernoun

Same as Bowlder.

Bouldernoun

a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin

Bouldernoun

a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town

Boulder

In geology (Udden–Wentworth scale), a boulder is a rock fragment with size greater than 256 millimetres (10.1 in) in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles.

Stonenoun

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

Stonenoun

A small piece of stone, a pebble.

Stonenoun

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

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.

Stonenoun

(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.

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.

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

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.

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.

Stoneadjective

Having the appearance of stone.

Stoneadjective

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

Stoneadjective

(AAVE) Used as an intensifier.

Stoneadjective

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

Stoneadverb

As a stone used with following adjective.

Stoneadverb

(slang) Absolutely, completely used with following adjectives.

Stonenoun

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.

Stonenoun

A precious stone; a gem.

Stonenoun

Something made of stone. Specifically: -

Stonenoun

The glass of a mirror; a mirror.

Stonenoun

A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.

Stonenoun

A monument to the dead; a gravestone.

Stonenoun

One of the testes; a testicle.

Stonenoun

The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Stonenoun

A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.

Stonenoun

Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.

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; - called also imposing stone.

Stoneverb

To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.

Stoneverb

To make like stone; to harden.

Stoneverb

To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.

Stoneverb

To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.

Stoneverb

To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.

Stonenoun

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;

Stonenoun

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

Stonenoun

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

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

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;

Stonenoun

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

Stonenoun

United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

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United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

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

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

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United States architect (1902-1978)

Stonenoun

a lack of feeling or expression or movement;

Stoneverb

kill by throwing stones at;

Stoneverb

remove the pits from;

Stoneadjective

of any of various dull tannish-gray colors

Stonenoun

hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material

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used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement

Stonenoun

a small piece of rock found on the ground.

Stonenoun

a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.

Stonenoun

a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.

Stonenoun

a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation

Stonenoun

a gem or jewel

Stonenoun

short for curling stone

Stonenoun

a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games, especially the Japanese game of go.

Stonenoun

a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and now usually of metal, on which pages of type are made up.

Stonenoun

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

Stonenoun

a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg)

Stonenoun

a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey

Stoneverb

throw stones at

Stoneverb

remove the stone from (a fruit).

Stoneverb

build, face, or pave with stone