Pound vs. Stone

Poundnoun

A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

Poundnoun

A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

Poundnoun

(US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)

Poundnoun

The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.

Poundnoun

Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.

Poundnoun

Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.

Poundnoun

Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.

Poundnoun

A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter.

Poundnoun

(by metonymy) The people who work for the pound

Poundnoun

A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.

Poundnoun

A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.

Poundnoun

A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

Poundnoun

A hard blow.

Poundverb

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Poundverb

(transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.

Poundverb

(transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.

Poundverb

To eat or drink very quickly.

Poundverb

To pitch consistently to a certain location.

Poundverb

To beat strongly or throb.

Poundverb

To penetrate sexually, with vigour.

Poundverb

To advance heavily with measured steps.

Poundverb

(engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.

Poundverb

To wager a pound on.

Poundverb

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

Poundverb

To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.

Poundverb

To strike heavy blows; to beat.

Poundverb

To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

Poundverb

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Poundnoun

An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

Poundnoun

A level stretch in a canal between locks.

Poundnoun

A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

Poundnoun

A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

Poundnoun

A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Poundnoun

16 ounces;

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

Poundnoun

a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

Poundnoun

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

Poundnoun

a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;

Poundnoun

the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

Poundverb

hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;

Poundverb

strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Poundverb

move heavily or clumsily;

Poundverb

move rhythmically;

Poundverb

partition off into compartments;

Poundverb

shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;

Poundverb

place or shut up in a pound;

Poundverb

break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;

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.

Stonenoun

(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;

Stonenoun

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)

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;

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

Stonenoun

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