Phrase Hound found 151 phrases and 235 compound words that contain stones. The most common are listed below. Open stones in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 151
- rolling stonesplural of rolling stone: A person who moves around a lot and never settles down; a vagrant.
- precious stonesplural of precious stone: Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.
- stepping stonesplural of stepping stone: A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.
- sticks and stonesEllipsis of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
- kidney stonesplural of kidney stone: A calculus in the kidney.
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesOne should not criticize others if one has similar weaknesses.
- boundary stonesplural of boundary stone: A stone marker, in use since ancient times, set to indicate the limits of property, jurisdiction, or territory, bearing inscriptions or symbols identifying the authority that placed it and that protected the …
- corner-stonesplural of corner-stone: A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
- cross-stonesplural of cross-stone: A harmotome.
- dimension stonesplural of dimension stone: Natural stone or rock that has been fabricated to a specific shape or size.
- five stonesAlternative form of fivestones (“the game of jacks”).
- go stonesplural of go stone: Any of the black and white stones used in the game of go.
- standing stonesplural of standing stone: A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.
- Atlas stonesplural of Atlas stone: A spherical concrete stone used in weightlifting challenges.
- hunger stonesplural of hunger stone: A stone, either naturally exposed or intentionally embedded in a river during a drought, which is dated and often inscribed to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they may face famine if the …
- throwing stonesplural of throwing stone: A stone to throw, as a weapon or as part of a sport.
- plum stonesplural of plum stone: The hard pit or seed found at the center of a plum fruit.
- donkey stonesplural of donkey stone: A kind of scouring block, used mainly in the mill towns of nothern England to highlight the leading edge of stone steps.
- grinding stonesplural of grinding stone: A stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals.
- witches' stonesplural of witches' stone: A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to …
- curling stonesplural of curling stone: A circular polished granite stone with a handle affixed to the top, used in the game of curling.
- rai stonesplural of rai stone: Any of a class of large, circular stone disks, carved out of limestone, in the island of Yap, Micronesia.
- gall stonesplural of gall stone: A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
- adder stonesplural of adder stone: A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.
- throw stonesTo insult or criticize someone or something.
Compound words 235
- fivestonesThe game of jacks.
- StonesyResembling or characteristic of The Rolling Stones, an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
- growstonesA substrate for growing plants, made from recycled glass, that can be used for soilless purposes or as a soil conditioner.
- milestonesplural of milestone: A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
- gemstonesplural of gemstone: A gem, usually made of minerals.
- rhinestonesplural of rhinestone: An artificial diamond, strass.
- flintstonesplural of flintstone: A piece of flint.
- birthstonesplural of birthstone: Any of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one's birth.
- cornerstonesplural of cornerstone: A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
- gallstonesplural of gallstone: A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.