English Explanatory Dictionary

stone cold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very cold (literally); lacking any semblance of warmth.
  2. Lacking emotion or compassion.
  3. Certain; definite; obvious.
adv
  1. Certainly; definitely; obviously.

Pronunciation

En-au-stone cold.ogg

Word forms

stone cold stone-cold stonecold more stone cold most stone cold

Etymology

The literal sense reflects the archetype of stone: it is usually cold to the touch and often quite cold. The figurative senses emphasize the high degree of coldness or of certainty.

Synonyms

ice-cold cold as ice icy freezing cold frigid cold as a well-digger's arse algid Arctic Baltic boreal brass monkeys brumal chill chilled chilly clay-cold cold cold as a mackerel cold as charity freezing frosty frore frozen gelid glacial hiemal inclement nesh nippy parky polar sleety snowy taters wintry stony dead

Derived words

stone-cold fox the stones
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary