Stone

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Stone is another name for the material known as rock. The word "stone" has developed a number of other usages, almost all of which are ultimately derived from this primary meaning (see below).

Contents 1 People 2 Entertainment 2.1 Games 2.2 Books and comics 2.3 Film and television 2.4 Music 3 Places 4 Units of measure 5 Other 6 See also

[edit] People

• Stone (surname)
• Stone Phillips, a television news anchor
• Stone Gossard, guitarist for american rock band Pearl Jam
• Stone, MC/rapper from Dudley, England

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Games

• Stones (video game), a game released in 1991 as part of Microsoft's Windows Entertainment Pack
• Stones are objects that are played in Go

[edit] Books and comics

• Stone Soup, the classic fable
• Stone (novel), a science fiction novel by Adam Roberts
• Stone trilogy, a novel series by Graham Edwards
• Stone (Marvel Comics), several characters in the Marvel Comics universe
• Stones, a young adult novel by William E. Bell (author)
• Stone Fox, a young adult short novel by John Reynolds Gardiner

[edit] Film and television

• Stone (film), a 1974 Australian action-adventure
• Stones (2002 film), a Spanish film (original title: Piedras)
• Stones (2004 film), a French-Israeli film (original title: Avanim)

[edit] Music

• Stone (band), a Finnish thrash metal band
• "Stones" (song), a song popular in the Ultima RPG universe
• Stones (Neil Diamond album)
• Stones (Dan Seals album)
• "Stone," a song by the Small Faces on First Step (album)
• "Stone", a song by Stereophonics on the Pull the Pin album.
• The Stone (song), a song by the Dave Matthews Band on (Before These Crowded Streets album)
• "'Stones" (the Rolling Stones) a shortening of the name of the said rock band

[edit] Places

England

• Stone, Buckinghamshire
• Stone, Kent
• Stone, Staffordshire
• Stone, Gloucestershire
• Stone, Worcestershire

United States

• Stone, California
• Stone, Kentucky

[edit] Units of measure

• Stone (mass), a unit of mass which since the latter half of the 20th century has been equal to 14 pounds, i.e. 6.35 kilograms
• Stone (Chinese weight), a Chinese unit of weight equal to 120 piculs or 160 pounds

[edit] Other

• Dimension stone, natural quarried stone used in construction, surfacing, monuments, or sculpture
• Gemstone, any type of mineral or stone valued for use in jewelry
• Calculus (medicine), a stone formed in the body, such as kidney stones or gallstones
• Stone (software): a proxy & port-forwarder
• Stoneware, a category of clay or ceramic material
• Iskander, a missile system, SS-26 Stone in NATO reporting code
• Stone Brewing Company, a brewery in Escondido, California
• Stone butch
• Stone Sub-editor, Historical: a production sub-editor in a pre-digital publishing role

[edit] See also

• Stoning
• Stoner
• Stoned
• The Stone
• Stoney

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