stones
Gravel's larger siblings
Stones is the plural of stone—solid pieces of rock or mineral matter.
You skip stones across water, clear stones from a garden, or admire precious stones in jewelry.
In British usage, stone is also a unit of weight (14 pounds), though the plural remains stone: She weighs nine stone.
Stones are also hard masses that form in organs: kidney stones, gallstones.
As slang, stones means testicles, and by extension, courage or nerve: It takes stones to do that.
Strap-based support or launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
siege · ballista · throwing · pelting · David and Goliath · pebble · boulder · rockfall
Quality of lasting indefinitely
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- strengthPower to exert force
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
monument · milestone · landmark · keystone · foundation · immovability · solidity · legacy
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
basalt · quartzite · flint · chalk · travertine · tuff · soapstone · alabaster
Building with mortared blocks
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- pavementHard road covering
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- aggregateCombined sum total
wall · foundation · building · block · rubble · flagstone · paving · veneer
sling
Strap-based support or launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
ammunition · siege · ballista · throwing · pelting · David and Goliath · pebble · boulder · rockfall
permanence
Quality of lasting indefinitely
eternity · monument · milestone · landmark · keystone · foundation · immovability · solidity · legacy · memorial
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
sandstone · basalt · quartzite · flint · chalk · travertine · tuff · soapstone · alabaster · feldspar
masonry
Building with mortared blocks
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- pavementHard road covering
- quarryPit for extracting rock
aggregate · wall · foundation · building · block · rubble · flagstone · paving · veneer · cladding
pit
Fruit's hard seed
plum · apricot · olive · avocado · mango · date · nectarine · lychee · pitting · seed
diamonds
Precious crystallized carbon
opals · topaz · amethyst · turquoise · garnet · peridot · aquamarine · citrine · tanzanite · jade
crystals
Solids with ordered structure
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
- healingRestoration of health
- meditationFocused attention practice
energy · vibration · cleansing · charging · gridding · altar · sacred · ritual · amulet · talisman
- nounsanimals, bags, balls, banks, beds
- nonliving thingsrocks, boulders, metal, pebbles, glass
- found materialsfound objects, driftwood, sea glass, bottle caps, shells
- landscaping suppliesmulch, topsoil, pavers, gravel, sod
- collectedshells, stamps, rocks, bottles, cans
- natural decorpinecones, driftwood, seashells, branches, twigs
- no stone unturnedExamine all possibilities
- set in stonePermanently fixed, unalterable
- stepping stonesRocks enabling water passage
- written in stonePermanently established, unalterable
- sticks and stonesRhyme's bone-breaking duo
- stone coldTotally without heat
stone, stony, stoned, cornerstone, gemstone, gravestone, stoner, stoning, stoners