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stone

/stoʊ̯n/ adjective C2
  1. Constructed of stone. · stone walls
  2. Having the appearance of stone. · stone pot
  3. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  4. Used as an intensifier. · She is one stone fox.
  5. Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it. (slang) · stone butch· stone femme
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It was familiar ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of whitewashed wall and dun-coloured doors.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 6 · B2
Water now is turned to stone
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1
The stone, with the white and the yellow and grey,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1
On the other side of this hedge, concealed from the eyes of anyone approaching from the direction of the house, there was a stone seat.
The Valley of Fear, p. 62 · C1

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