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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| stone n | (rock) | sten s |
| | Use that stone there to hold the door open. |
| stone n | (pebble) (oräkneligt) | småsten s |
| | The garden path is covered with small white stones. |
| | I have a stone in my shoe. |
| stone n | (huge rock) | sten, stenbumling s |
| | | bautasten s |
| | Have you seen the huge stones at Stonehenge? |
| stone n | (building material) | staplad sten s |
| | | stenblock s |
| | | block s |
| | The castle is made of stone, not brick. |
| stone n | (precious gem) | ädelsten s |
| | The ring has many precious stones around a beautiful diamond. |
| stone n | UK (pit: fruit seed) | kärna s |
| | She ate a cherry and spat out the stone. |
stone,
plural: stone n | UK (body weight: 14 lb) (engelsk viktenhet) | stone s |
| | | 6,35 kg s |
| | I weigh almost fifteen stone. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| stone n | (tombstone) | gravsten s |
| | | minnessten s |
| | His stone has a sad inscription on it. |
| stone n | (hailstone) | hagelkorn s |
| | The hailstorm had stones the size of golf balls. |
| stone n | (gallstone) | gallsten s |
| | | njursten s |
| | He had kidney stones, and suffered great pain. |
| stone n as adj | (made of stone) (förled) | sten- adj |
| | Stone walls separate areas of land. |
| | A stone staircase leads to the first floor. |
| stone [sb]⇒ vtr | (throw rocks at) | stena vtr |
| | | kasta sten på vtr |
| | Reports are coming in that two people have been stoned to death. |
| stone [sth]⇒ vtr | (fruit: remove stone) | kärna ur ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | She used a knife to stone the peach. |
| Sammansatta former: |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| a stone's throw n | figurative, informal (short distance) (bildlig) | ett stenkast adv |
| | | en liten bit adv |
| | The distance from our house to hers is a stone's throw. |
| a stone's throw away expr | figurative, informal (nearby) (bildlig) | ett stenkast bort uttr |
| | | en liten bit bort uttr |
| | We can easily walk to Martha's house; she lives a stone's throw away. |
a stone's throw from [sth],
within a stone's throw of [sth] expr | figurative, informal (near) (bildlig) | ett stenkast från ngt uttr |
| | The shop is just a stone's throw from my house. |
| | Butiken ligger bara ett stenkast från mitt hus. |
| building stone n | (construction material) | byggsten s |
| building stone n | (block, slab) | byggsten s |
| cast the first stone v expr | figurative (be first to accuse) (bildlig) | kasta första stenen vbal uttr |
| | We should not be arguing about who has the right to cast the first stone. |
drywall,
dry-stone wall,
drystone wall n | UK (stone wall built without mortar) | panelvägg s |
| | The property is surrounded by a drywall. |
| have a heart of stone v expr | figurative (lack compassion) | ha ett hjärta av sten vbal uttr |
| | You must have a heart of stone if the film didn't bring a tear to your eye. |
| kidney stone n | (buildup of deposits in the kidney) | njursten s |
| | He had an operation to remove a kidney stone which had been causing him great pain. |
| kill two birds with one stone v expr | informal, figurative (do 2 things at once) (bildlig) | slå två flugor i en smäll vbal uttr |
| | I can stop by your house on the way to the grocery store, so I'll kill two birds with one stone. |
| leave no stone unturned v expr | figurative (search thoroughly) (vardagligt) | leta överallt vtr + adv |
| | | finkamma ngt vtr |
| | In the investigation to find the missing child, the police have left no stone unturned. |
rock,
paper,
scissors,
also UK: "paper,
scissors,
stone" n | (game) | sten, sax, påse s |
| rolling stone n | figurative (person: nomadic) | orolig själ adj + s |
| | | kringflackande person adj + s |
| | In her youth Annie was a rolling stone, never staying anywhere for long. |
| standing stone n | usually plural (monument: menhir) | bautasten, menhir |
stepping stone,
stepping-stone,
steppingstone n | (stone: used to cross water) | klivsten s |
| | I've placed some rocks in the stream to act as stepping stones. |
stepping stone,
stepping-stone,
steppingstone n | figurative (person, job: used to progress) (bildlig) | språngbräde s |
| | (bildlig) | platå s |
| | This job's just a stepping stone to a better one. |
| the Stone Age n | (early period in civilization) | stenåldern s |
| | The dinosaurs had already died out by the beginning of the Stone Age. |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | stenvägg s |
| | (byggnadsterm) | kallmur s |
| | Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |