Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stones

/stoʊnz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: stones
IPA: /stoʊnz/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century

noun

plural of stone

noun

Testicles; balls.

Slang

noun

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stone

Example Sentences

"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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stoʊnz/
British English: /stəʊnz/

Usage

Slang

Derived Forms

Stonesy

Rhymes With

jones loans phones bones owns zones drones tones clones cones moans cyclones

Questions

How do you pronounce stones?: The recorded pronunciation is /stoʊnz/.
What does stones mean?: A surname.

How to pronounce stones

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