Stone vs. Metal

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

Metalnoun

(heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.

Metalnoun

Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.

Metalnoun

Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.

Metalnoun

(astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.

Metalnoun

Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.

Metalnoun

(mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.

Metalnoun

(obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.

Metalnoun

(tincture) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.

Metalnoun

Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.

Metalnoun

(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

Metalnoun

(archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.

Metalnoun

The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.

Metalnoun

The rails of a railway.

Metalnoun

The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

Metaladjective

(music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

Metaladjective

Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

Metalverb

To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

Metalnoun

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.

Metalnoun

Ore from which a metal is derived; - so called by miners.

Metalnoun

A mine from which ores are taken.

Metalnoun

The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.

Metalnoun

Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.

Metalnoun

The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

Metalnoun

The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.

Metalnoun

Glass in a state of fusion.

Metalnoun

The rails of a railroad.

Metalverb

To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.

Metalnoun

any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

Metalnoun

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten;

Metalverb

cover with metal

Metaladjective

containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal;

Metalnoun

a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g. iron, gold, silver, and aluminium, and alloys such as steel)

Metalnoun

the steel tracks of a railway

Metalnoun

gold and silver (as tinctures in blazoning).

Metalnoun

broken stone for use in making roads

Metalnoun

molten glass before it is blown or cast.

Metalnoun

heavy metal or similar rock music

Metalverb

made from or coated with metal

Metalverb

make or mend (a road) with road metal

Metal

A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, ) is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typically malleable (they can be hammered into thin sheets) or ductile (can be drawn into wires).