traprock

American

[trap-rok] / ˈtræpˌrɒk /

noun

trap.

traprock British

/ ˈtræpˌrɒk /

noun

another name for trap 3

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Etymology

Origin of traprock

First recorded in 1805–15; trap ³ + rock ¹

Example Sentences

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The principal hill consisted of traprock, and was so naked that only one or two trees of the Sterculia heterophylla grew upon it.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas

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