stone-dead

1. 1.

   as lifeless as a stone

   Similardead

Questions about stone-dead

What does stone-dead mean?

stone-dead means "as lifeless as a stone".

How many syllables are in stone-dead?

stone-dead has 4 syllables and divides as sto-ne--de-ad under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is stone-dead a common word?

stone-dead is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.