Stony — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

abounding in rocks or stones

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈoʊni/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈəʊni/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈəʊni/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈoʊni/.

Examples

rocky fields
stony ground
bouldery beaches

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flinty bouldery rocklike granitelike bouldered granitic flint rocky obdurate

Parts of Speech

adjective	abounding in rocks or stones “rocky fields”
adjective	showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings “his flinty gaze”
adjective	hard as granite “a granitic fist”

Word Forms

rockiness	noun	the quality of abounding in rocks and stones
rock	noun	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
boulder	noun	a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
stone	noun	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
granite	noun	something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

steinig

reich an Felsen oder Steinen

🇫🇷French

pierreux

riche en roches ou en pierres

🇪🇸Spanish

pedregoso

Abundante en rocas o piedras.

🇮🇹Italian

pietroso

ricco di rocce o sassi

🇳🇱Dutch

steenachtig

rijk aan rotsen of stenen

🇵🇹Portuguese

pedregoso

abundante em rochas ou pedras

🇷🇺Russian

каменный

изобилующий камнями или камнями

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेदर्द

चट्टानों या पत्थरों से भरपूर

🇧🇩Bengali

পাথর

শিলা বা পাথরে প্রচুর

🇮🇳Tamil

பாறை

பாறைகள் அல்லது கற்கள் நிறைந்துள்ளன

🇮🇳Telugu

రాతి

రాళ్ళు లేదా రాళ్లలో పుష్కలంగా ఉన్నాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

खडकाळ

खडक किंवा दगडांमध्ये विपुल

🇮🇳Gujarati

પથ્થર

ખડકો અથવા પથ્થરોમાં ભરપૂર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಲ್ಲಿನ

ಬಂಡೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಲುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇರಳವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കല്ലുള്ള

പാറകളിലോ കല്ലുകളിലോ ധാരാളം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੱਥਰੀ

ਚੱਟਾਨਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਪੱਥਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਰਪੂਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

پتھری

چٹانوں یا پتھروں میں بھرا ہوا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

石质的

充满岩石或石头

🇯🇵Japanese

石のような

岩や石がたくさんある

🇰🇷Korean

돌이 많은

바위나 돌이 많다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có đá

có rất nhiều đá hoặc đá

🇹🇭Thai

เต็มไปด้วยหิน

เต็มไปด้วยหินหรือก้อนหิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

dingin

penuh dengan bebatuan atau bebatuan

🇵🇭Filipino

mabato

sagana sa mga bato o bato

🇲🇾Malay

berbatu

banyak terdapat dalam batu atau batu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حجري

تكثر في الصخور أو الحجارة

🇮🇷Persian

سنگی

فراوان در سنگ یا سنگ

🇹🇷Turkish

taşlı

kayalar veya taşlarla dolu

🇮🇱Hebrew

סַלעִי

שופע סלעים או אבנים

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