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stone-hard

stone-hard is the alternative form of stonehard.

Meaning of stonehard

Adjective

stonehard (not comparable)

  1. Hard as stone
    • To stare into his cold stonehard heart.1998, Oliver Stone, A Child's Night Dream, →ISBN, page 51

Origin of stone-hard

From Middle English ston-hard, ston-harde, from Old English *stānheard, equivalent to stone + hard.

Questions about stone-hard

What is stone-hard the alternative form of?
Stone-hard is the alternative form of stonehard.

Words near stone-hard in the dictionary

  1. stone-fence
  2. stone-fences
  3. stone-fish
  4. stone-fishes
  5. stone-ginger
  6. stone-hard
  7. stone-hearted
  8. stone-heartedly
  9. stone-heartedness
  10. stone-horse
  11. stone-horses

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