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1 ♦ stone
♦ stone /stəʊn/A n. [uc]1 pietra; sasso; ciottolo: as hard as stone, duro come la pietra; He has a heart of stone, ha il cuore di pietra; worked stone, pietra lavorata; within (o at) a stone's throw, a un tiro di schioppo; a breve distanza3 ( di frutta) nocciolo; osso (fam.): to remove the stones from plums, cavare il nocciolo alle prugne; a cherry stone, l'osso di una ciliegia5 (med.) calcolo; calcoli: He was operated on for stones, è stato operato di calcoli NOTA D'USO: - calculi o stones?-10 (spesso inv. al pl.) «stone» ( misura di peso ingl., pari a 14 libbre o a kg 6,350 circa): He weighs ten stone ( o stones), pesa 63 kilogrammi e mezzoB a.● the Stone Age, l'età della pietra □ stone-axe, mazza da spaccapietre □ (zool.) stone-bass, cernia di scoglio □ stone-blind, cieco come una talpa; ( slang USA) sbronzo □ (zool.) stone-borer ( Lithophaga lithophaga), litofaga □ (bot.) stone-break ( Saxifraga), sassifraga □ stone-breaker, spaccapietre; (mecc.) frantoio di pietre ( macchina) □ (fam. USA) stone-broke, rovinato; spiantato □ (zool.) stone-buck ► steenbok □ (tecn.) stone china, litoceramica; gres bianco per pavimentazione □ (edil.) stone cladding, rivestimento in pietra □ (edil.) stone cleaning, ripulitura delle pareti esterne □ (miner.) stone-coal, antracite □ stone-cold, freddo come il marmo; gelido □ (fam.) stone-cold sober, lucidissimo; del tutto sobrio □ (zool.) stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus), occhione □ stone-cutter, scalpellino; tagliapietre; macchina per tagliare la pietra □ stone-cutting, lavorazione della pietra □ stone-dead, morto stecchito □ stone-deaf, sordo come una campana □ stone-dresser, operaio (o macchina) che squadra le pietre ( per l'edilizia) □ (zool.) stone-eater = stone-borer ► sopra □ (zool.) stone falcon (o stone hawk) ( Falco columbarius) smeriglio □ stone fence, muretto di pietra; ( USA) miscela di whisky e cedrata □ stone-ground, di grano macinato ( con le macine di pietra) □ (edil.) stone hammer, martellina □ a stone jar, una brocca di porcellana dura □ (zool.) stone marten, faina □ stone merchant, commerciante in pietre e marmi ( per giardini, ecc.); marmista □ (ind. costr.) stone pavement, lastrico; lastricato □ (bot.) stone-pine, ( Pinus pinea) pino domestico (o da pinoli); ( Pinus cembra) (pino) cembro □ stone pit (o stone quarry), cava di pietre □ stone-pitch, pece dura □ (zool.) stone-plover, piviere, occhione ( o altro uccello che vive in zone pietrose) □ (geol.) stone ring, anello di pietre □ stone saw, sega da pietre □ stone wall, (edil.) muro di pietra; (equit.) muro di pietre; (fig.) ostacolo insuperabile □ ( di denim) stone-washed, stone-washed; effetto consumato □ ( di cibo) baked on stone, cotto sulla pietra □ (fig.) to cast the first stone, scagliare la prima pietra □ ( anche fig.) to harden into stone, pietrificare; pietrificarsi □ (fig.) to leave no stone unturned, non lasciar nulla d'intentato; provarle (o tentarle) tutte □ to pelt sb. with stones, prendere q. a sassate □ (fig.) to throw stones at sb., attaccare (o criticare) aspramente q. □ to throw stones at each other, fare a sassate □ (fig.) Stones will cry out, si rivolteranno persino le pietre.(to) stone /stəʊn/v. t.1 prendere a sassate; scagliare pietre contro (q.)2 lastricare; pavimentare; rivestire di pietra: to stone a road, lastricare una strada; to stone a well, rivestire di pietra un pozzo
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stone-curlew — /stoʊn ˈkɜlju / (say stohn kerlyooh) noun any of various large, nocturnal birds of the family Burhinidae, as the beach stone curlew and the bush stone curlew. Also, stone plover …
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stone curlew — thick knee. [1670 80] * * * … Universalium