rock fann.1
/ˌrɒk ˈfan/, U.S. /ˌrɑk ˈfæn/ Geomorphology.
A convex, fan-shaped rock surface, typically covered with rock fragments, formed by water erosion, typically at the foot of a slope where the course of a stream widens and becomes less steep. Cf. fan n.1 5e, pediment n. 3.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > flat or eroded
clinta1400
table rock1745
pavement1827
flat1873
rock fan1900
1900 W. M. Davis in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 11 210 Near the base of the mountain front nearly all of the ravines broaden and their floors become distinctly convex, thus imitating the form well known in alluvial fans... These convex floors will be called rock fans.
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 223 393 Rock fans must be carved by streams, and cannot be produced by simple weathering back of the mountain front.
1970 R. J. Small Study of Landforms ix. 310 The existence of rock fans..has been disputed by many geomorphologists, who have claimed that such fans are in reality no more than the alluvial fans that they are supposed to resemble so closely.
1996 Alluvial Fan Flooding (National Res. Council (U.S.)) v. 134 Alluvial fans are only one of a variety of landforms that may make up a piedmont environment. Others include pediments, rock fans, and alluvial plains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rock fann.2
/ˈrɒk fan/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌfæn/ An enthusiast of rock music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of pop music > of specific types of pop
hard rocker1942
skiffler1948
rock fan1959
rocker1963
discomaniac1966
Deadhead1971
punk rocker1972
punker1973
punkette1974
Krautrocker1976
punk1976
punk fan1976
punkster1976
new waver1977
soulie1978
post-punk1979
New Romantic1980
headbanger1981
skanker1983
grebo1987
old schooler1990
shoegazer1991
technoid1992
thrasher1992
gabba1995
1959 Guardian 24 June 16/4 Signal for the finale was the arrival of a large van bearing the legend ‘Halle Orchestra’—apparently the Rock fans thought that must be the end.
1967 L. Feather in Los Angeles Times 25 May v. 10/4 Rock fans who find in avant-garde jazz a cold, often ugly and hostile posturing..can identify more readily with the blues.
1975 L. Bangs in Creem June 76/3 I wasn't much of a rock fan at the time, but there was some unmistakable stunning blare to that record that set it completely apart.
1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic iv. 95 The domination of soul music by backroom writers, session players and label bosses was highly suspect to rock fans.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Dec. ii. 4/5 His success seems like proof that there are plenty of people who consider themselves rock fans but aren't sold on emo or metal or indie or any other sub- or pseudogenre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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