hard stone

noun

Definition of hard stone

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

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Unlike a hard stone, Wilson’s voice is warm, like a low soothing hum with a touch of soul. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Charlotte Day Wilson Will Put You In Your Feelings," 26 June 2018 Someone a little like us invested extra time and effort to enact these shapes on hard stone. — Jason Farago, New York Times, "Was Australopithecus an Artist?," 1 Feb. 2018 The animating premise appears to be that Hamlet and Ophelia (Gayle Rankin) are naïve youngsters who are broken on the hard stone of reality. — Terry Teachout, WSJ, "‘Hamlet’ Review: A Star Vehicle That’s Worth the Ride," 13 July 2017 The artists would have rubbed down the surface of the stone slab with a harder stone, like quartzite, until the surface was smooth. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, "Prehistoric Pointillism? Long Before Seurat, Ancient Artists Chiseled Mammoths Out of Dots," 27 Feb. 2017

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