stone vs emery stone

emery stone vs stone

stone and emery stone both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but emery stone is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but emery stone is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
emery stone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, emery stone is a hyponym of stone; that is, emery stone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stone:

stone: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
emery stone: a mixture of emery dust and a binder; can be molded into grindstones

Other hyponyms of stone include quartzite, road metal, sedimentary rock, sial, sima, metamorphic rock, crushed rock, gravel, caliche, shingling, pumice, pumice stone, aphanite, claystone, dolomite, emery rock, conglomerate, pudding stone, fieldstone, greisen, calc-tufa, tufa, magma, igneous rock, limestone, marble, matrix.

stone (noun)	emery stone (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	a mixture of emery dust and a binder; can be molded into grindstones
a lack of feeling or expression or movement
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

stone (adjective)	emery stone (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone (verb)	emery stone (verb)
remove the pits from
kill by throwing stones at

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