rock wall
Americannoun
-
rock walls
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rock wall
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"It was a success!" said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on the project, as he inspected a crack in the rock wall lining a narrow tunnel far below the Swiss Alps.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
For decades, the Baxter Road owners proposed various defenses to delay the inevitable, from a rock wall to dumping dredged sand, a plan rejected by fishermen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
And if you hike past an outdoor climbing route on a dry day, you’ll likely encounter multiple climbers wearing helmets and harnesses, making their way up a rock wall.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
And as they walked up the side of a mountain, Mr Cooper spotted a femur bone sticking out of the rock wall.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
“When the carpetbaggers commenced takin’ over, them Stokeses built a rock wall around the fam’ly graveyard and took off for Brazil, lock, stock, and barrel.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
