Pebble vs. Stone

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  • Pebble

    A pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size of 4 to 64 millimetres based on the Krumbein phi scale of sedimentology. Pebbles are generally considered larger than granules (2 to 4 millimetres diameter) and smaller than cobbles (64 to 256 millimetres diameter). A rock made predominantly of pebbles is termed a conglomerate. Pebble tools are among the earliest known man-made artifacts, dating from the Palaeolithic period of human history.

    A beach composed chiefly of surface pebbles is commonly termed a shingle beach. This type of beach has armoring characteristics with respect to wave erosion, as well as ecological niches that provide habitat for animals and plants.

    Inshore banks of shingle (large quantities of pebbles) exist in some locations, such as the entrance to the River Ore, where the moving banks of shingle give notable navigational challenges.Pebbles come in various colors and textures and can have streaks, known as veins, of quartz or other minerals. Pebbles are mostly smooth but, dependent on how frequently they come in contact with the sea, they can have marks of contact with other rocks or other pebbles. Pebbles left above the high water mark may have growths of organisms such as lichen on them, signifying the lack of contact with seawater.

Wikipedia
  • Pebble (noun)

    A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

  • Pebble (noun)

    A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

  • Pebble (noun)

    A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.

  • Pebble (noun)

    Transparent and colourless rock crystal.

    “Brazilian pebble”

  • Pebble (verb)

    To pave with pebbles.

  • Pebble (verb)

    To deposit water droplets on the ice.

    “to pebble the ice between games”

  • Pebble (verb)

    To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.

  • Pebble (verb)

    To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.

  • Stone (noun)

    A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

  • Stone (noun)

    A small piece of stone, a pebble.

  • Stone (noun)

    A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

  • Stone (noun)

    A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms

  • Stone (noun)

    The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

    “a peach stone”

  • Stone (noun)

    A hard, stone-like deposit.

    “kidney stone”

  • Stone (noun)

    A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.

  • Stone (noun)

    A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

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  • Stone (noun)

    A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

  • Stone (noun)

    A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

  • Stone (noun)

    A mirror, or its glass.

  • Stone (noun)

    A testicle.

  • Stone (noun)

    A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

  • Stone (verb)

    To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

    “She got stoned to death after they found her.”

  • Stone (verb)

    To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

  • Stone (verb)

    To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. Usually in passive

  • Stone (verb)

    To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

  • Stone (verb)

    To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

  • Stone (adjective)

    Constructed of stone.

    “stone walls”

  • Stone (adjective)

    Having the appearance of stone.

    “stone pot”

  • Stone (adjective)

    Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

  • Stone (adjective)

    Used as an intensifier.

    “She is one stone fox.”

  • Stone (adjective)

    Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

    “stone butch; stone femme”

  • Stone (adverb)

    As a stone used with following adjective.

    “My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.”

  • Stone (adverb)

    Absolutely, completely used with following adjectives.

    “I went stone crazy after she left.”

    “I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.”

    “The Styistics performed a love song titled “I’m Stone in Love with You”.”

Wiktionary
  • Stone (noun)

    hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material

    “the houses are built of stone”

    “high stone walls”

  • Stone (noun)

    used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement

    “the elevator dropped like a stone”

    “Isabel stood as if turned to stone”

  • Stone (noun)

    a small piece of rock found on the ground.

  • Stone (noun)

    a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.

  • Stone (noun)

    a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.

  • Stone (noun)

    a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation

    “a memorial stone”

    “boundary stones”

  • Stone (noun)

    a gem or jewel

    “a gold ring with a small dark red stone”

  • Stone (noun)

    short for curling stone

  • Stone (noun)

    a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games, especially the Japanese game of go.

  • Stone (noun)

    a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and now usually of metal, on which pages of type are made up.

  • Stone (noun)

    a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.

  • Stone (noun)

    a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg)

    “I weighed 10 stone”

  • Stone (noun)

    a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey

    “stone stretch trousers”

  • Stone (verb)

    throw stones at

    “two people were stoned to death”

    “policemen were stoned by the crowd”

  • Stone (verb)

    remove the stone from (a fruit).

  • Stone (verb)

    build, face, or pave with stone

    “the honey-stoned, eighteenth-century city”

Oxford Dictionary

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