adj
Meaning 1
Completely cold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- By the time I returned to my desk, my tea was stone-cold.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stone-cold
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adj
Meaning 2
Without emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was a stone-cold killer: he didn't flinch as he took the shot.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Absolute; incomparable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- With an ace-high flush on an unpaired board, he had the stone-cold nuts.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
completely cold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- by the time he got back to his coffee it was stone-cold
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 涼透了 /凉透了 (liáng tòule) — completely cold
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰冷的 (bīnglěng de) — completely cold
- Chinese Mandarin: 徹底寒冷的 /彻底寒冷的 (chèdǐ hánlěng de) — completely cold
- Finnish: jääkylmä — completely cold
- German: eiskalt — completely cold
- Chinese Mandarin: 冷血的 (lěngxuè de) — without emotion
- Chinese Mandarin: 無感情的 /无感情的 (wú gǎnqíng de) — without emotion
- Chinese Mandarin: 冷漠的 (lěngmò de) — without emotion
- Finnish: kylmä — without emotion
- Finnish: jääkylmä — without emotion
- Finnish: tunteeton — without emotion
- German: eiskalt — without emotion
- Chinese Mandarin: 絕對的 /绝对的 (juéduì de) — absolute; incomparable
- Chinese Mandarin: 無可比擬的 /无可比拟的 (wúkěbǐnǐ de) — absolute; incomparable
- Chinese Mandarin: 無與倫比的 /无与伦比的 (wúyǔlúnbǐ de) — absolute; incomparable
- Finnish: täysi — absolute; incomparable