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1 stone-dead
adjective (completely cold, dead, or deaf: He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.) jääkylmä, kuollut kuin kivi, umpikuuro -
2 stone-cold
adjective (completely cold, dead, or deaf: He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.) jääkylmä, kuollut kuin kivi, umpikuuro -
3 stone-deaf
• umpikuuro* * *adjective (completely cold, dead, or deaf: He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.) jääkylmä, kuollut kuin kivi, umpikuuro -
4 stone
• painomitta• hioa• siemen• kivittää• kivinen• kivi• kivetä• somero• poistaa siemenet jostakin• korukivi* * *stəun 1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) kivi2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) kivi3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) kivi4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) jalokivi5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) kivi6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) (brittiläinen painomitta)7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) kivi2. verb1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) kivittää2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) poistaa kivet•- stony- stonily
- stoniness
- stone-cold
- stone-dead
- stone-deaf
- stoneware
- stonework
- leave no stone unturned
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5 gravestone
• hautakivi• hautajaiskivi* * *noun (a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written.) hautakivi -
6 headstone
• hautakivi* * *noun (a stone put at a grave, usually with the name of the dead person on it, the date of his birth and death etc.) hautakivi -
7 tombstone
• hautakivi* * *noun (an ornamental stone placed over a grave on which the dead person's name etc is engraved.) hautakivi -
8 urn
• tuhkauurna• uurna* * *ə:n1) (a tall vase or other container, especially for holding the ashes of a dead person: a stone-age burial urn.) uurna2) (a large metal container with a tap, in which tea or coffee is made eg in a canteen etc: a tea-urn.) keitin
См. также в других словарях:
stone dead — UK US adjective informal completely dead, or completely destroyed Thesaurus: deadsynonym * * * adj. [predic.] completely dead * * * ˌstone ˈdead [stone dead] … Useful english dictionary
stone dead — adj 1.) used to emphasize that a person or animal is dead 2.) kill sth stone dead to completely destroy something or prevent it from being successful ▪ The wrong music can kill a commercial stone dead … Dictionary of contemporary English
Stone-dead — a. As dead as a stone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stone dead — adjective INFORMAL completely dead or destroyed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stone-dead — stone′ dead′ adj. undeniably dead; lifeless • Etymology: 1250–1300 … From formal English to slang
stone dead — This idiom is a way of emphasizing that there were absolutely no signs of life or movement … The small dictionary of idiomes
stone-dead — adjective as lifeless as a stone (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑dead * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Middle English standed, from stan stone + ded, deed dead more at dead : as lifeless as a stone … Useful english dictionary
stone dead — mod. dead; unquestionably dead; long dead. □ The cat was stone dead and stiff as a board by the time we got to him. □ Old Tom is stone dead and in the ground … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
stone-dead — PHRASE: V inflects (emphasis) If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone dead, you completely destroy it. The prospect of having to pay a graduate tax until retirement would kill the students enthusiasm stone dead … English dictionary
stone dead — very dead, no sign of life, dead as a doornail When we finally found the goose, it was stone dead … English idioms
stone-dead — {adj.}, {informal} Showing no signs of life; completely dead. * /Barry tried to revive the frozen robin but it was stone dead./ … Dictionary of American idioms
