stony

Modifies a noun

• meteorite: High Possil is a stony meteorite - the commonest kind.
• silence: No doubt they will be met with stony silence or derision by sections of the left.
• loam: Typically this is a shallow, stony, clay loam to clay textured soil formed over limestone.
• stare: He left the bookies with money in his pocket, and stony stares at his back.
• plateau: The summit is a broad stony plateau, with two summit cairns ( some 100 meters apart ) toward the northern edge.
• desert: These huge figures and shapes, carved into the stony desert are best viewed from the air.

Modifying Another Word

• quite: B12 Here is a steep incline which leads uphill and is quite stony.
• very: In 30 years worms buried every stone in a once very stony field near Darwin's home, Down House.
• extremely: Alternatively there is a hydraulic reset version for extremely stony conditions.
• too: Metal pins can be useful where the ground is too stony to hammer in wooden stobs.
• rather: The dried residue was rather stony and contained occasional animal bones, while pottery and slag were rare.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Once past the farm buildings the track becomes stony... ....and quite steep.
• sit: It was supposed to be funny, but I just sat there stony faced all the way through.