"stonehard" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English ston-hard, ston-harde, from Old English *stānheard (attested in names: stanhard, stanart, stannard, etc.), equivalent to stone + hard. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ston-hard}} Middle English ston-hard, {{inh|en|ang|*stānheard}} Old English *stānheard, {{compound|en|stone|hard}} stone + hard Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stonehard (not comparable)
  1. Hard as stone Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: stone-hard Translations (hard as stone): kivikova (Finnish), steinhart (German), kőkemény (Hungarian)

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