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Meaning of stone dead | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Utterly dead.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Afrikaans morsdood
Dansk stendød
Deutsch mausetot
Français raide mort
Íslenska steindauður
Nederlands morsdood
Svenska stendöd

Examples

“'I congratulate you; it was a lovely shot, and mine were vile.' We got out of the boat and ran to the buck, which was shot through the spine and stone dead.”
“[Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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