stone

piedra

Trozo pequeño y duro de roca que se encuentra sobre el suelo o bajo él.

En inglés sencillo: A small, hard piece of rock found on or in the ground.

• There is a stone in my shoe.
• She threw stones into the river.
• He picked up a smooth stone from the beach.

Sinónimos: rock, pebble

Expresiones frecuentes: throw a stone, small stone, smooth stone

piedra

Material natural duro usado para construir muros, casas y otras estructuras.

En inglés sencillo: Hard natural material used to build walls, houses, and other structures.

• The walls are made of stone.
• They built the bridge from local stone.
• The artist carved a face in the stone.

Sinónimos: rock

Expresiones frecuentes: made of stone, carved in stone, natural stone

hueso, carozo

Parte dura en el centro de frutas como el melocotón o la cereza, que contiene la semilla.

En inglés sencillo: The hard part in the middle of fruits such as peaches and cherries that contains the seed.

• Remove the stone from the peach.
• These plums have large stones.
• She planted an apricot stone in a pot.

Sinónimos: pit

Expresiones frecuentes: peach stone, cherry stone, remove the stone

de piedra

Fabricado con piedra.

En inglés sencillo: Made from hard rock material.

• We crossed a stone bridge.
• The cottage has stone walls.
• She sat on the cold stone steps.

Sinónimos: stonen

Expresiones frecuentes: stone wall, stone bridge, stone floor

de aspecto pétreo

Que se parece a la piedra por su color, textura o forma.

En inglés sencillo: Looking like rock in color, texture, or shape.

• The plastic panel has a stone finish.
• We chose a stone effect for the painted wall.
• The ceramic pot has a stone appearance.

Sinónimos: stonelike

Expresiones frecuentes: stone finish, stone effect, stone appearance

completamente, totalmente

Refuerza la idea de totalidad, especialmente al describir algo frío o una persona que no puede oír.

En inglés sencillo: Completely, especially when describing something cold or someone unable to hear.

• My coffee is stone cold.
• Her grandfather is stone deaf.
• By morning, the fire was stone dead.

Sinónimos: completely, totally

Expresiones frecuentes: stone cold, stone deaf, stone dead, stone crazy

apedrear, lapidar

Lanzar piedras contra alguien o algo, a veces para matar a una persona.

En inglés sencillo: To throw rocks at someone or something, sometimes to kill a person.

• The crowd tried to stone him.
• They stoned the building and broke its windows.
• The prisoner was stoned to death.

Cómo se usa: stone someone to death (The mob threatened to stone the man to death.)

Sinónimos: pelt with rocks

Expresiones frecuentes: stone someone, stone to death, stone a building

La fuente no ofrece un significado utilizable para este verbo.

En inglés sencillo: The source does not provide a usable meaning for this verb.