PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

Meaning of PHILOSOPHER'S STONE in English

noun

[ sing. ] an imaginary substance that, in the past, people believed could change any metal into gold or silver, or could make people live for ever

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — phiˌlosopher’s ˈstone BrE AmE noun [singular] an imaginary substance that was thought in the past to have the power to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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