Stoneless describes fruit that has had its pit removed, or varieties bred without hard seeds: stoneless cherries, stoneless olives.
The term appears mainly in British English and food packaging; Americans more often say pitted.
1. fruit — pitted, Seed removed, or opposed; seedless (Lacking inner kernels); flesh (Soft body matter); pulp (Soft wet mass); juicy · ripe · edible · fleshy · coreless · peeled · sliced · diced · fresh · organic
2. texture — smooth, Without roughness or difficulty; polished (Smooth, refined, accomplished); soft (Yielding to touch); yielding (Bending under pressure); tender · uniform · even · unblemished · consistent · pliable
Opposites
fruit pit presencestoneless ≠ stoned Drug-intoxicated state; stone fruit · pitted · unpitted · drupe · seedy
seed contentstoneless ≠ seedy Rundown and disreputable; wild · unseeded
Family
stone, stony, stones, milestone, cornerstone, headstone, gemstone, stoneware, touchstone
- Familiarity
- Top 500,000
- Profile
- Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G