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  • 1 stone

    [stəun] 1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) πέτρα
    2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) πέτρα
    3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) πέτρα
    4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) πετράδι
    5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) κουκούτσι
    6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) μονάδα βάρους
    7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) πέτρα
    2. verb
    1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) πετροβολώ,λιθοβολώ
    2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) ξεκουκουτσιάζω
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    - stonily
    - stoniness
    - stone-cold
    - stone-dead
    - stone-deaf
    - stoneware
    - stonework
    - leave no stone unturned
    - a stone's throw

    English-Greek dictionary > stone

  • 2 Stone-work

    subs.
    Stones: P. and V. λίθοι, οἱ.
    Walls: P. and V. τείχη. τά.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Stone-work

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