Meaning

noun a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

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

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

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognates…

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