7 PHRASE If you say that something turns your stomach or makes your stomach turn , you mean that it is so unpleasant or offensive that it makes you feel sick. □ The true facts will turn your stomach.
8 butterflies in your stomach → see butterfly COLLOCATIONS stomach NOUN
1
adjective + stomach : bloated, distended; empty; queasy, upset; cast-iron
stomach + verb : growl, rumble
verb + stomach : upset
2
adjective + stomach : flat; six-pack, washboard; bloated, distended, swollen
3
stomach + verb : churn, flip, lurch
sto m|ach ache (stomach aches ) also stomachache N‑VAR If you have a stomach-ache , you have a pain in your stomach.
sto mach-churning ADJ If you describe something as stomach-churning , you mean that it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel physically sick. □ The stench from rotting food is stomach-churning.
sto |mach sta |pling N‑UNCOUNT Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight. [MEDICAL ] □ The most popular method of surgical weight loss is the stomach stapling operation.
stomp /stɒ mp/ (stomps , stomping , stomped ) VERB If you stomp somewhere, you walk there with very heavy steps, often because you are angry. □ [V prep/adv] He stomped out of the room.
stone ◆◆◇ /stoʊ n/ (stones , stoning , stoned ) The plural is usually stone in meaning 10 . 1 N‑VAR Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses. □ He could not tell whether the floor was wood or stone. □ …stone walls.
2 N‑COUNT A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground. □ He removed a stone from his shoe.
3 N‑COUNT A stone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol. □ The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
4 N‑UNCOUNT Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed. □ Scientific opinions are not carved on tablets of stone; they change over the years.
5 N‑COUNT You can refer to a jewel as a stone . □ …a diamond ring with three stones.
6 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder. □ He had kidney stones.
7 N‑COUNT The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use pit 8 VERB If you stone a fruit, you remove its stone. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V n] Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree. in AM, usually use pit 9 VERB If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them. □ [be V -ed] A post office was set on fire and vehicles were stoned by looters.
10 N‑COUNT A stone is a measurement of weight, especially the weight of a person, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms. [BRIT ] □ I weighed around 16 stone.
11 → see also stoned , foundation stone , paving stone , precious stone , stepping stone
12 PHRASE If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other. □ …a two-bedroom apartment just a stone's throw from the beach. □ Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
13 PHRASE If you say that you will leave no stone unturned , you are emphasizing that you will try every way you can think of in order to achieve what you want. [EMPHASIS ] □ He said he would leave no stone unturned in the search for peace.
14 to kill two birds with one stone → see bird
Sto ne Age N‑PROPER The Stone Age is a very early period of human history, when people used tools and weapons made of stone, not metal.
sto ne-co ld
1 ADJ If something that should be warm is stone-cold , it is very cold. □ Hillsden took a sip of tea, but it was stone cold.
2 PHRASE If someone is stone-cold sober , they are not drunk at all. [INFORMAL ]
stoned /stoʊ nd/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone is stoned , their mind is greatly affected by a drug such as cannabis. [INFORMAL ]
sto ne-dea d PHRASE If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone-dead , you completely destroy it. [EMPHASIS ] □ Any idea of saving money had been killed stone dead.
sto ne dea f also stone-deaf ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] Someone who is stone deaf cannot hear at all.
sto ne-ground also stoneground ADJ [usu ADJ n] Stone-ground flour or bread is made from grain that has been crushed between two large, heavy pieces of stone.
stone|mason /stoʊ nme I s ə n/ (stonemasons ) N‑COUNT A stonemason is a person who is skilled at cutting and preparing stone so that it can be used for walls and buildings.
stone|wall /stoʊ nwɔː l, [AM ] -wɔːl/ (stonewalls , stonewalling , stonewalled ) VERB If you say that someone stonewalls , you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V ] The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment. [Also V on n] ● stone|wall|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.