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stone dead

stone dead adjective: utterly dead.

Adjective

stone dead

  1. (idiomatic) Utterly dead.
    • 'I congratulate you; it was a lovely shot, and mine were vile.' We got out of the boat and ran to the buck, which was shot through the spine and stone dead.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    • [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
      [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.1969, Monty Python, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, in Dead Parrot sketch

stone dead meaning in Bengali

stone dead in Bengali

পুরোপুরি মৃত

Forms of stone dead

alternative formstone-dead

Origin of stone dead

From Middle English stone-dede, stan-ded, standed, equivalent to stone + dead. Compare English stone-cold, stonehard, etc.

Questions about stone dead

What does stone dead mean?
Stone dead means utterly dead.
What is stone dead in Bengali?
Stone dead in Bengali is পুরোপুরি মৃত. See Stone dead meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is stone dead?
Stone dead is an adjective.

Words near stone dead in the dictionary

  1. stone cress
  2. stone cresses
  3. Stone Cross
  4. stone curlew
  5. stone curlews
  6. stone dead
  7. stone deaf
  8. stone editor
  9. stone editors
  10. stone end
  11. stone falcon

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