Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hemmed in by rocks.
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Examples
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It was a rock-bound coast, with one patch of beach in many miles, and the law was that I should dig my hands into the sand and draw myself clear of the surf.
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To extract the rock-bound crude, explorers and producers will boost spending this year by an estimated 8.1% to $93.6 billion, according to a Barclays Capital survey of 210 companies.
Oil-Drilling Boom Under Way Ryan Dezember 2011
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It was a rock-bound coast, with one patch of beach in many miles, and the law was that I should dig my hands into the sand and draw myself clear of the surf.
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Keeping carefully out of sight, I followed the crest along for a couple of miles to a natural amphitheatre in the hills, where the little river raced down out of a gorge and stopped for breath in a large and placid rock-bound pool.
MOON-FACE 2010
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As the Escalade turned into Sedona's secluded Enchantment Resort-nestled on 70 acres in the midst of the red rock-bound Boynton Canyon -- my impression wasn't of being in a faraway part of the country but on another planet altogether.
Monique Stringfellow: First Impressions of the Desert Monique Stringfellow 2010
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Some joined relatives in other rickety, rock-bound coastal villages like Point Alones, Cypress Point, Pescadero Point, and Point Lobos.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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Some joined relatives in other rickety, rock-bound coastal villages like Point Alones, Cypress Point, Pescadero Point, and Point Lobos.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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It's also the catalyst for loyal company man Wikus to examine his own prejudices and rock-bound belief system.
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Then he was off and running after the other, who had made for the wood but sheered off, blocked by a rock-bound streamlet in his path.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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When, presently, the summer storms gathered on that rock-bound, open hill, with its wide reaches of vine and shrub-wild, fierce storms that bent the birch and cedar, and strained at the bay and huckleberry, with lightning and turbulent wind and thunder, followed by the charging rain — the name seemed to become peculiarly appropriate.
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