noun
rock
RAHK/rɑːk/
A solid mass of mineral material.
The rock outcrop emerges from thin soil above a matching broken fragment.
Etymology
Old English rocc already named rock or stone. Medieval uses covered both stone as a substance and large rocky formations, so the selected meaning continues an old material sense; the deeper origin remains uncertain.
In context
coal is little heavier like a proper Rock and the left one feels like a woody Rock and little lighter
More examples
- Workers drill through solid rock to build the tunnel.
- My sister is my rock during difficult times.
- The huge rock on her engagement ring catches the light.
- Police find several rocks of crack cocaine in the bag.
Forms
rock · rocks
rocky adjective — Covered with or consisting of rock.