stone is on the Basic English 850 List.
stomach - stone - stop

Pronunciation change

Noun change

Singular
stone

Plural
stones

 
A building made of stones.
  1. (countable) A stone is a hard, solid piece of earth.
    I do not have a hammer but I will use a stone to hammer the nail.

Verb change

Plain form
stone

Third-person singular
stones

Past tense
stoned

Past participle
stoned

Present participle
stoning

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