Definitions
Hard, cold, or unyielding like stone.
Word origin
From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).
Used in a sentence
“a stony polymer”
“a stony path”
“The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rocklike”5 letters
02“Hard like rock”5 letters
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