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stone-cold

 adjective
     
stone-cold
1 if something is stone-cold, it is completely cold even though it should be warm or hot:
Dinner was stone-cold by the time I got home.
2

stone-cold sober

having drunk no alcohol at all
3 American English if a player or sports team is stone-cold, they are not able to get any points
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