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STICKS AND STONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sticks and stone mean?
• STICKS AND STONE (noun)
The noun STICKS AND STONE has 1 sense:
1. a general term for building materials
Familiarity information: STICKS AND STONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A general term for building materials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("sticks and stone" is a kind of...):
building material (material used for constructing buildings)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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