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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling rock or stone in its hardness. not-comparable
2. 2
   Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

stonelikestonelike

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Related phrases

inner eartemporal bone

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