Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hemmed in by or bordered with rocks.
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- adjective
surrounded byrocks
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps
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Examples
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"The only mineral He doesn't want extracted is his own rockbound foot from the fanny of Liberal America."
Peter Smith: GOP to appoint snake handler House Chaplain Peter Smith 2010
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I, too, hail from WI and, too, graduated from our rockbound highland home.
The Fight Worth Fighting: Preserving American Exceptionalism | RedState 2010
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"The only mineral He doesn't want extracted is his own rockbound foot from the fanny of Liberal America."
Peter Smith: GOP to appoint snake handler House Chaplain Peter Smith 2010
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"The only mineral He doesn't want extracted is his own rockbound foot from the fanny of Liberal America."
Peter Smith: GOP to appoint snake handler House Chaplain Peter Smith 2010
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"The only mineral He doesn't want extracted is his own rockbound foot from the fanny of Liberal America."
Peter Smith: GOP to appoint snake handler House Chaplain Peter Smith 2010
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"The only mineral He doesn't want extracted is his own rockbound foot from the fanny of Liberal America."
Peter Smith: GOP to appoint snake handler House Chaplain Peter Smith 2010
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When first he had glimpsed her off there on that narrow strip of rockbound coast he was mildly surprised, for it was a desolate spot and seldom frequented by bathers so late in the season.
Archive 2008-12-01 Johnny Pez 2008
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It was dangerous work on a rockbound coast with strong currents and huge tides, but Champlain found it “very agreeable.”
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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It was dangerous work on a rockbound coast with strong currents and huge tides, but Champlain found it “very agreeable.”
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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When first he had glimpsed her off there on that narrow strip of rockbound coast he was mildly surprised, for it was a desolate spot and seldom frequented by bathers so late in the season.
"Terrors Unseen" by Harl Vincent, part 1 Johnny Pez 2008
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