PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

Meaning of PHILOSOPHER'S STONE in English

phiˌlosopher’s ˈstone BrE AmE noun [singular]

an imaginary substance that was thought in the past to have the power to change any other metal into gold

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — noun Date: 14th century an imaginary stone, substance, or chemical preparation believed to have the power of transmuting baser metals …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — noun see philosophers' stone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — Date: 14th century : an imaginary stone, substance, or chemical preparation believed to have the power of transmuting baser metals …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — Function: noun Date: 14th century : an imaginary stone, substance, or chemical preparation believed to have the power of transmuting …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — ■ noun a mythical substance supposed to change any metal into gold or silver, the discovery of which was the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — noun [ sing. ] an imaginary substance that, in the past, people believed could change any metal into gold or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All that is needed is for the philosopher's stone of artistic intention to be applied …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE — Философский камень
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PHILOSOPHER — filosof (-ic, -ie)
English interlingue dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — batid sa pangatarungan;pilosopo;tigpangatarungan
English-Visayan vocabulary
PHILOSOPHER — noun Etymology: Middle English philosophe, philosophre, from Anglo-French, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, from phil- + sophia wisdom, from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — fə̇ˈläs(ə)fə(r) sometimes -äzəf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English philosopher, philosophre, modification (influenced by -er ) of Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — (n.) An alchemist.
Английский словарь Webster
PHILOSOPHER — (n.) One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to …
Английский словарь Webster
PHILOSOPHER — (n.) One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
Английский словарь Webster
PHILOSOPHER — ( n. ) One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — ( n. ) One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — ( n. ) An alchemist.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — — philosophership , n. /fi los"euh feuhr/ , n. 1. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — n. one who philosophizes; one who studies the principles of existence behavior and knowledge
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE
Webster English vocab
PHILOSOPHER — noun an alchemist. 2. philosopher ·noun one who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy. 3. philosopher ·noun one …
Webster English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHILOSOPHER — philosopher BrE AmE fə ˈlɒs əf ə fɪ- AmE \ -ˈlɑːs əf ə r ▷ philosopher|s z ▶ phi ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — / fəˈlɒsəfə(r); NAmE -ˈlɑːs-/ noun 1. a person who studies or writes about philosophy : the Greek philosopher Aristotle 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHILOSOPHER — phi ‧ los ‧ o ‧ pher AC /fəˈlɒsəfə, fɪˈlɒsəfə $ -ˈlɑːsəfər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PHILOSOPHER — n. 1 a person engaged or learned in philosophy or a branch of it. 2 a person who lives by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — n. 1 a person engaged or learned in philosophy or a branch of it. 2 a person who lives by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
PHILOSOPHER — n.1 a person engaged or learned in philosophy or a branch of it. 2 a person who lives by philosophy. …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHILOSOPHER — ( philosophers) 1. A philosopher is a person who studies or writes about philosophy. ...the Greek philosopher Plato. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHILOSOPHER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES philosopher's stone COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE famous ▪ She also has an aunt who …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHILOSOPHER — [noun] [C]Plato was a Greek philosopher.(informal) Taxi-driving, with all its opportunities to observe and study human nature, had turned him …
Cambridge English vocab
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PHILOSOPHER — сущ. 1) мыслитель, философ - natural philosopher philosophers' stone 2) человек с философским подходом к жизни; спокойный, рациональный человек философ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — stone.ogg 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PHILOSOPHER — philosopher.ogg fıʹlɒsəfə n 1. 1> философ natural philosopher - а) естествоиспытатель; б) физик 2> уст. алхимик the philosophers' /-'s/ stone …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" ( дефект …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" (дефект стекла) 4) жернов, жерновой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STONE — 1) бутовой 2) жерновой камень 3) каменный 4) каменосечный 5) камень 6) камне 7) косточка 8) полевой 9) стоуновский • bronek stone ballasting — балластировка щебнем cut stone to size — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STONE — 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, покрытая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PHILOSOPHER — n 1. 1> философ natural philosopher - а) естествоиспытатель; б) физик 2> уст. алхимик the philosophers' /-'s/ stone - философский …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PHILOSOPHER — сущ. 1) мыслитель, философ - natural philosopher - philosophers' stone 2) человек с философским подходом к жизни; спокойный, рациональный человек
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone б) камень (как материал), брусчатка a house …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PHILOSOPHER — сущ. 1) мыслитель, философ - natural philosopher - philosophers' stone 2) человек с философским подходом к жизни; спокойный, рациональный человек
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PHILOSOPHER — _n. 1> философ; - natural philosopher - philosophers' stone 2> человек с философским подходом к жизни
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PHILOSOPHER — n. 1. философ; - natural philosopher - philosophers' stone 2. человек с философским подходом к жизни
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STONE — 1) (строительный) камень (обычно больше чем 254 мм, но меньше, чем 604 мм) 2) оселок, абразивный брусок 3) каменный 4) обкладывать камнем; выстилать …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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