stony
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈstoʊni/
- Both islands were steep and stony, surrounded by rocks and shoals.
- stony meteorite
- stony chondrite
- stony hill
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Watch on YouTubeNo tree or thorn or blade of grass grew in the Stony earth under the unsetting stars.
- No tree or thorn or blade of grass grew in the Stony earth under the unsetting stars.
Examples
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No tree or thorn or blade of grass grew in the Stony earth under the unsetting stars.
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Tree roots, wildly splayed over the stony ground, seemed to quicken and quiver in the dim light.
Fiction book (2001) -
Off to the west, he had noticed a stony gray island that seemed more substantial than the rest.
Fiction book (1994) -
England, Africa, California; stony islands alive with seals; the coast of Florida.
Fiction book (1999) -
I followed her down the stony path and then up the pine-covered hill to the stream.
Fiction book (1994) -
The dining hall had a stony floor, and the walls and ceiling were of rough unfinished rock.
Fiction book (2001) -
Cabin one rested on a stony hill overlooking the black shore of the lake.
Fiction book (1991) -
The region's soil is mostly too stony for cultivation, but it is suitable for cattle ranching.
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Tree roots, wildly splayed over the stony ground, seemed to quicken and quiver in the dim light.
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Green slopes on either side rise to stony mountaintops flecked with snow even on the hottest days.
Synonyms
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1.0
Land that has many rocks or stones
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3.7
Land with a rough, uneven surface covered in rocks
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3.9
Covered with many small stones that crunch underfoot
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3.2
Covered with many small round stones
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5.1
Covered with loose stones and broken pieces of rock
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7.1
A street or path covered with round stones that is hard to walk on
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8.5
A surface covered with small stones or pebbles
Antonyms
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How Stony
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Morphology
Etymology
Stony comes from the old English word stone plus the ending -y, where -y means 'full of'. So stony literally meant 'full of stones', which is why we use it for land or ground covered in rocks.