Home › Words › D › destonedestonedestone means to remove the stones from.EtymologyFrom de- + stone.verbTo remove the stones from.e.g.“[…] sandy soils may be ploughed in the spring and then destoned.” — 1988, R. J. Halley, R. J. Soffe, Primrose McConnell's The Agricultural Notebook, page 170:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.destoner 83% match — A device for removing stones. vs destone →destring 64% match — To remove hard fibers or strings from. vs destone →whitestone 64% match — A light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing. vs destone →destarch 63% match — To remove starch from. vs destone →destem 63% match — To remove the stem from (grapes, tobacco, etc.). vs destone →desand 62% match — To remove sand from. vs destone →destratify 62% match — To remove strata from vs destone →destain 61% match — To remove a chemical stain from. vs destone →