adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rocklike
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adj
Meaning 2
Resembling rock music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
hard as granite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a granitic fist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: granitic, granitelike, stony
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English rocklike From rock + -like.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kivimäinen — resembling a rock — see also rocky
- Finnish: rockmainen — resembling rock music