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stoniness

stoniness noun: the state or quality of being full of stones.

Noun

stoniness (usually uncountable, plural stoninesses)

  1. (literally, usually) The state or quality of being full of stones.
    • the stoniness of this soil
    Synonyms:
    rockiness
  2. (figuratively, usually) The state or quality of being like stone: immovable, unpersuadable, emotionally cold, or stoic.
    • Near-synonyms: coldness, iciness, stoicism

stoniness meaning in Tamil

stoniness in Tamil

கல் போன்ற தன்மை

Synonyms of stoniness

Forms of stoniness

pluralstoninesses

Origin of stoniness

From Middle English stonines, stonynez, equivalent to stony + -ness.

Questions about stoniness

What does stoniness mean?
Stoniness means the state or quality of being full of stones.
What is stoniness in Tamil?
Stoniness in Tamil is கல் போன்ற தன்மை. See Stoniness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stoniness?
Stoniness is a noun.
What is the plural of stoniness?
The plural of stoniness is stoninesses.

Words near stoniness in the dictionary

  1. stonified
  2. stonifies
  3. stonify
  4. stonifying
  5. stonily
  6. stoniness
  7. stoninesses
  8. stoning
  9. stonings
  10. Stonington
  11. stonish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stoniness (page history and authors); stoniness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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