# stones

Pronunciation: say "STOHNZ" US /stoʊnz/, UK /stəʊnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of stone. — plural of stone
   - Simple: Plural of stone. Use this form for more than one stone.
   - _Workers hauled heavy stones to build the wall._
   - _The river bed was covered with rounded stones._
3. A man's testicles. *(slang)*
   - _He took a hard hit to the stones and doubled over in pain._
   - _The fighter kept his guard low to protect his stones in the clinch._
4. Courage; the boldness to face danger or risk. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Courage, the bravery to do something hard or risky.
   - _Few players have the stones to take that final shot with the game on the line._
   - _He didn't have the stones to tell his boss the project had failed._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of stone. — third-person singular simple present indicative of stone
   - Simple: Present-tense form of stone used with he, she, or it.
   - _The recipe works best if she stones the dates first._
   - _Each autumn he stones the plums and freezes them for winter._

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