rock¹ /rok/

1. A large outstanding natural mass of stone
2. A natural mass of one or more minerals consolidated or loose (geology)
3. Any variety or species of such an aggregate
4. A diamond or other precious stone (slang)
5. Crack, the drug, or a piece of this (slang)
6. A stone, pebble or lump of rock (N American and Aust)
7. (in pl) testicles (vulgar sl)
8. A type of hard confectionery made in sticks
9. A sure foundation or support, anything immovable
10. A danger or obstacle (figurative)
11. For rockfish, rock pigeon or Plymouth Rock fowl
12. A coin (old US sl)

1. Of rock
2. Found on, in or among rocks

1. To stone (US sl)
2. To clear of calcareous deposit

rockˈer or rockˈier noun

The rock dove

rockˈery noun

A heap of soil and rock fragments in a garden, for growing rock plants

rockˈiness noun

rockˈlike adjective

rockˈling noun

A small fish of the cod family with barbels on both jaws

rockˈy adjective

1. Full of rocks
2. Made of rocks
3. Like rocks
4. Rough, difficult (informal)

rockˈ-alum noun

Alum prepared from alunite

rockˈ-badger noun

1. The Cape hyrax
2. A dassie

rockˈ-basin noun

A lacustrine hollow in rock, excavated by glacier-ice

rock bass noun

A freshwater game fish (Ambloplites rupestris) of eastern N America

rockˈ-bird noun

A puffin or other bird that nests or lives on rocks

rock boots or rock shoes plural noun

Tight-fitting boots or shoes with rubber soles, designed for climbing

rock borer noun

Any mollusc or other animal that bores into rocks

rock bottom noun

1. Bedrock
2. The very bottom, esp of poverty or despair

rockˈ-bottˈom adjective

1. The lowest possible
2. To, or at, the lowest possible level

rockˈ-bound adjective

1. Hemmed in by rock
2. Rocky

rock brake noun

Parsley fern

rock breaker noun

A machine for breaking stones

rock butter noun

A butter-like exudation from rocks, containing alum

rock cake noun

A small hard bun with irregular top

rock candy noun (N American)

Rock (the confectionery)

rock climber noun

rock climbing noun

Mountaineering on rocky faces

rock cod noun

1. A cod found on rocky sea-bottoms
2. A name for various Australian and other fishes, mostly of the sea-bass family

rock cook noun

The small-mouthed wrasse

rock cork noun

Mountain cork

rock cress noun

A cruciferous plant of the genus Arabis

rock crystal noun

Colourless quartz, esp when well crystallized

rock dove noun

A pigeon that nests on rocks, source of the domestic varieties

rock drill noun

A tool for boring rock

rock elm noun

An elm of N America with a corky bark

Rock English noun

The Gibraltar dialect

rockˈfall noun

1. A fall of rock
2. A mass of fallen rock

Rock fever noun

Undulant fever (from Gibraltar)

rockˈfish noun

1. Any of various types of fish that live among rocks or rocky bottoms
2. Applied as a name to several such fishes, such as wrasse, striped bass, black goby
3. Rock salmon

rock flour noun

Finely divided rock material, such as is found under glaciers

rockˈ-forming adjective

Occurring as a dominant constituent of rocks

rock garden noun

1. A rockery
2. A garden containing rockeries

rock guano noun

A rock phosphatized by percolations from guano

rockˈ-hewn adjective

Hewn out of rock

rockˈhopper noun

A small crested penguin

rock house noun (slang)

A crack- or cocaine-dealer's den

rock lark noun

The rock pipit

rock leather noun

Mountain leather

rock lizard see rock scorpion below.

rock lobster see under lobster

rock melon noun (Aust)

The cantaloupe

rock oil noun

Petroleum

rock perch noun

A scorpion-fish

rock pigeon noun

The rock dove

rock pipit noun

A pipit inhabiting rocky coasts

rock plant noun

A plant adapted to growing on or among rocks

rock rabbit noun

1. A hyrax
2. A pika

rockˈ-ribbed adjective (N American)

Unyielding

rock rose noun

A plant of either of the genera Cistus and Helianthemum of the family Cistaceae

rock salmon, rock turbot noun

Dogfish or wolffish when being sold as food-fish

rock salt noun

1. Salt as a mineral, halite
2. Salt in crystalline form

rock shoes see rock boots above.

rock scorpion noun

A person born in Gibraltar (also rock lizard)

rock snake noun

1. A python
2. A krait

rock socks plural noun

An orig Japanese form of rubber socks, with a separate big-toe section, worn for walking over rocks, coral, etc

rockˈ-solˈid adjective

1. Steady
2. Dependable
3. Firm
4. Unwavering
5. Unbeatable

rock sparrow noun

A genus (Petronia) related to the true sparrow

rock-steadˈy adjective

Absolutely steady

rock tar noun

Petroleum

rock temple noun

A temple hewn out of the solid rock

rock tripe noun

An edible arctic lichen of various kinds

rock violet noun

A violet-scented alga growing on mountain rocks

rockˈwater noun

Water issuing from a rock

rockˈweed noun

Bladderwrack or related seaweed growing on rocks

rock wood noun

A wood-like asbestos

rock wool noun

Mineral wool, used as an insulating material

rockˈwork noun

1. Masonry in imitation of rock (architecture)
2. Rocks in a rockery
3. Rock climbing

between a rock and a hard place

In a situation where one has to choose between two equally undesirable alternatives

get one's rocks off

1. To have an orgasm (vulgar sl)
2. To derive excitement (slang)

have rocks in one's head (US sl)

To lack brains

on the rocks

1. Penniless
2. (of whisky, etc) on ice
3. (of a marriage) broken down, failed

Rocky Mountain goat

A white N American animal intermediate between goat and antelope

the Rock

Gibraltar

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