soft rock

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noun
  1. a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock-'n'-roll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat.

Origin of soft rock

1
First recorded in 1965–70

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How to use soft rock in a sentence

  • The whole mass is very friable, and in every direction the soft rock is hollowed out into sepulchral caves.

    Roman Mosaics | Hugh Macmillan
  • Others hung on a line made of rawhide and stretched across one end of the room, fastened to wooden pins driven into the soft rock.

    The Delight Makers | Adolf Bandelier
  • soft rock, like slate or shale or soft sandstone, will not answer because it is not strong enough.

    Diggers in the Earth | Eva March Tappan
  • For hard rock the cutting edge should be rather thicker and blunter, and therefore stronger, than for soft rock.