stone-cold

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See also: stonecold and stone cold

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stone-cold (comparative more stone-cold, superlative most stone-cold)

  1. Completely cold.
    By the time I returned to my desk, my tea was stone-cold.
  2. Without emotion.
    He was a stone-cold killer: he didn't flinch as he took the shot.
  3. Absolute; incomparable.
    With an ace-high flush on an unpaired board, he had the stone-cold nuts.

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