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Stones¹

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century 2008, March 22, Exile On Main St: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, by Robert Greenfield, review in The Guardian, by Steven Poole And so the Stones somehow make Exile On Main St there, in a rigged-up studio in the basement.

stones²

  • /stoʊnz/ US
  • /stəʊnz/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊnz

noun

  1. plural plural of stone

noun

  1. slang Testicles; balls.
  2. slang Courage.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of stone

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rock, gemstone, gem, pit, hailstone, chromatic, colored, lapidate, shek, shi, shih, jewels, balls, guts, embers, rocks

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@misc{stones_2026,
  title = {stones},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stones},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}