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rock-bound

American  
[rok-bound] / ˈrɒkˌbaʊnd /
Or rockbound

adjective

  1. hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky.

    the rock-bound coast of Maine.
rock-bound British  

adjective

  1. Also (poetic): rock-girt.  hemmed in or encircled by rocks

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Etymology

Origin of rock-bound

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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It might also be the reaction product of water, rock-bound minerals, and ultraviolet radiation.

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2014

Behind their mountain bastions the gaunt, weather-beaten, philosophic Montenegrins, mostly shepherds and tillers of sparse, rock-bound little fields, staved off the furious Turks for 500 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Argentine society boasts of its rock-bound exclusiveness, but the Bembergs married aristocratically.

From Time Magazine Archive

And even the dwindling Mesabi still has immense supplies of low-grade, rock-bound ore called taconite.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peter had taken a short cut up the steep rock-bound side of the hill.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

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