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    rocklike
    [ˈräkˌlīk]
    definition
    1. adjective form of rock
    rock
    [räk]
    noun
    rock (noun) · rocks (plural noun) · the Rock (noun)
    1. the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans:
      "the beds of rock are slightly tilted" · "a piece of rock" · "a spectacular rock arch"
      • a mass of rock projecting above the earth's surface or out of the sea:
        "there are dangerous rocks around the island"
      • geology
        any natural material, hard or soft (e.g. clay), having a distinctive mineral composition.
      • (the Rock)
        Gibraltar.
      • CANADIAN ENGLISH
        informal
        (the Rock)
        a name for Newfoundland
    2. a large piece of rock which has become detached from a cliff or mountain; a boulder:
      "the stream flowed through a jumble of rocks"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        a stone of any size, especially one small enough to be picked up and used as a projectile:
        "the crowd threw a few rocks and dispersed"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a kind of hard confectionery in the form of cylindrical peppermint-flavored sticks:
        "a stick of rock"
      • informal
        a precious stone, especially a diamond.
      • informal
        a small piece of crack cocaine:
        "crack sells for $20 a rock" · "the police discovered six ounces of rock in his van"
      • vulgar slang
        (rocks)
        testicles.
    3. used to refer to someone or something that is extremely strong, reliable, or hard:
      "imagining himself as the last rock of civilization being swept over by a wave of barbarism"
      • (rocks)
        (especially with allusion to shipwrecks) a source of danger or destruction:
        "the new system is heading for the rocks"
    4. US ENGLISH
      informal
      dated
      (rocks)
      money.
    Origin
    Old English rocc (recorded in compounds), from medieval Latin rocca, of unknown ultimate origin; subsequently reinforced by Old French rocque.
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