rock
noun
a stone of any size.
rocklike
-
a word derived from
rock.
Example Sentences
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The funniest thing about the new film is that its creation was clearly more rocklike than anything to be found in the end product.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2018
The tweet was accompanied by the photograph of a crater and a small, rocklike object.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2016
His biggest hit single — and his only No. 1 — was “Butterfly,” an uncharacteristically rocklike 1957 number in which he was instructed to imitate Elvis Presley.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2012
First I want to give you the rocklike observations that, when primed with Stewart’s sweat, made me see light in the first place.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2011
Cannek Reed was the son of a stonemason with rocklike fists, and he belonged to the water the way his father—a rare creature—belonged to the earth.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
