Meanings
adjectivestonehard (not comparable)
alternative stone-hard
- not comparableHard as stone
To stare into his cold stonehard heart.
1998, Oliver Stone, A Child's Night Dream, →ISBN, page 511 more example
The second patient of Cosmas and Damian was suffering from a stone-hard tumour in the breast, that had given rise to a contraction around the nipple.
2013, D. de Moulin, A short history of breast cancer, page 12
Origin
- Old English*stānheard
- Middle Englishston-hard
- Englishstonehard
From Middle English ston-hard, ston-harde, from Old English *stānheard, equivalent to stone + hard.
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Finnish kivikova
- kivikovahard as stone
German steinhart
- steinharthard as stone
Hungarian kőkemény
- kőkeményhard as stone
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APA
stonehard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonehard
MLA
“stonehard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonehard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stonehard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonehard.
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