stone-face

Questions about stone-face

What does stone-face mean?

stone-face means "any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones".

How many syllables are in stone-face?

stone-face has 3 syllables: sto-ne--face. The stress falls on "sto".

What is another word for stone-face?

Close synonyms include lithops, living stone, stoneface, stone plant, stone life face. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stone-face a common word?

stone-face 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.