bed-rockn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bed n., rock n.¹

Etymology: < bed n. + rock n.¹

Geology (originally U.S.)

The solid rock underlying alluvial and other superficial formations; also figurative bottom, lowest level.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > bedrock

shelf1671

stone-head1708

rock1719

rock bed1794

rock-bottom1797

rock-head1820

bed-rock1850

reef1869

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > low condition or low point > lowest point

low tide1608

low-water mark1651

falla1662

perigee1662

low point1749

bathos1759

nadir1793

pessimism1794

zero1821

bed-rock1883

rock-bottom1885

ultima Thule1976

1850 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 154 We are in for seeing the bed rock all along the bottom.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 171 The miner..hopes to reach bed-rock, where gold is found in quantities.

1873 G. A. Lawrence Silverland 181 The material invariably waxes greatly richer as the ‘bed-rock’ is neared.

1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 745/1 In alluvial deposits the richest ground is usually found in contact with the bed rock.

figurative.1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 99 We came down to ‘bed-rock’ as the miners say, i.e. an extra flannel shirt and a pocket-comb.1881 Chicago Times 11 June The transactions..having been based on bed-rock prices.1883 Cent. Mag. 581 The family is about down to bedrock.1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 65 Whenever the dead-beat poet strikes bedrock.1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny iii. 52 From general topics the conversation concentrated to the bed-rock of grim personalities.1912 J. S. Huxley Individual in Animal Kingdom vi. 151 We have come down to the bed-rock questions of biology.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	bed-rock
释义	bed-rockn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bed n., rock n.¹ Etymology: < bed n. + rock n.¹ Geology (originally U.S.) The solid rock underlying alluvial and other superficial formations; also figurative bottom, lowest level. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > bedrock shelf1671 stone-head1708 rock1719 rock bed1794 rock-bottom1797 rock-head1820 bed-rock1850 reef1869 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > low condition or low point > lowest point low tide1608 low-water mark1651 falla1662 perigee1662 low point1749 bathos1759 nadir1793 pessimism1794 zero1821 bed-rock1883 rock-bottom1885 ultima Thule1976 1850 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 154 We are in for seeing the bed rock all along the bottom. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 171 The miner..hopes to reach bed-rock, where gold is found in quantities. 1873 G. A. Lawrence Silverland 181 The material invariably waxes greatly richer as the ‘bed-rock’ is neared. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 745/1 In alluvial deposits the richest ground is usually found in contact with the bed rock. figurative.1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 99 We came down to ‘bed-rock’ as the miners say, i.e. an extra flannel shirt and a pocket-comb.1881 Chicago Times 11 June The transactions..having been based on bed-rock prices.1883 Cent. Mag. 581 The family is about down to bedrock.1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 65 Whenever the dead-beat poet strikes bedrock.1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny iii. 52 From general topics the conversation concentrated to the bed-rock of grim personalities.1912 J. S. Huxley Individual in Animal Kingdom vi. 151 We have come down to the bed-rock questions of biology. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1850
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