Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Destitute of rocks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Being without rocks.

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  • adjective Without rocks.

Etymologies

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rock +‎ -less

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Examples

  • I thought of the farmer who drove the horse, the man or boy who would have appreciated the rockless, forgiving soil like I did, the kind of soil, I knew, that most farmers only dream of.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • And on that treeless, rockless shore I found my partner -- dead.

    Rhymes of a Rolling Stone 1916

  • The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern

    Kit of Greenacre Farm 1911

  • No one ever thought much about it except to wonder how such an immense rock got into an otherwise rockless spot.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • We had been painfully clambering over interminable hills and rocks for days together, and when we suddenly came upon this astonishing piece of rockless plain, every man drove the spurs into his horse and sped away with a velocity he could surely enjoy to the utmost, but could never hope to comprehend in Syria.

    The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872

  • We had been painfully clambering over interminable hills and rocks for days together, and when we suddenly came upon this astonishing piece of rockless plain, every man drove the spurs into his horse and sped away with a velocity he could surely enjoy to the utmost, but could never hope to comprehend in Syria.

    The Innocents Abroad — Volume 05 Mark Twain 1872

  • Forget California, Costa Rica or even Cornwall: the Blue Flag beach here is the place for surfing, its rockless sand perfect for beginners and advanced surfers alike (it is also good for body boarding).

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

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