hard stone

noun

: an opaque usually semiprecious stone that can be shaped or carved (as for jewelry or mosaics)

Examples of hard stone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clean, elevated, hard stone pendants are made easy to wear, when casually strung on a leather cord. —Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

And of course, the label on her crayon design in collaboration with Crayola can be personalized, while different colors are represented by hard stone leads and bottoms. —Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 July 2025

The clear water in the hard stone, the light-brown colors shining through it, the mountain above us, the valley below, the silence. —Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025

Last year saw a resurgence of the trend, but nothing compared with the sheer number and variety of hard stone dials on display at Watches and Wonders 2025. —Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hard stone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone