Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a rock.
  • adjective Resembling rock music.

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  • adjective hard as granite

Etymologies

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rock +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The huge destroyer, covered in rocklike hide and steaming from magma joints, was amorphous and horrible, its body only just solidified from the lava sea where it lived.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • When the thunderstroke ceased, it left Chief Kronon and his army rocklike and massive, more powerful than ever.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The huge destroyer, covered in rocklike hide and steaming from magma joints, was amorphous and horrible, its body only just solidified from the lava sea where it lived.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Bathed by Fernando Jacon's often white overhead lighting, this rocklike formation (set design by Peter Pabst) gets kissed by moonlight and contrasts strikingly with what ends up becoming the work's water-water - everywhere theme.

    Tides of Memory Robert Greskovic 2010

  • The huge destroyer, covered in rocklike hide and steaming from magma joints, was amorphous and horrible, its body only just solidified from the lava sea where it lived.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • When the thunderstroke ceased, it left Chief Kronon and his army rocklike and massive, more powerful than ever.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • When the thunderstroke ceased, it left Chief Kronon and his army rocklike and massive, more powerful than ever.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • This includes a thorough cleaning for semiautos, replacing rocklike recoil pads with ones that actually take up recoil, shortening or lengthening stocks, and adjusting (or replacing) triggers.

    How to Judge If Rifle Repairs Are Worth the Money 2009

  • The huge destroyer, covered in rocklike hide and steaming from magma joints, was amorphous and horrible, its body only just solidified from the lava sea where it lived.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • When the thunderstroke ceased, it left Chief Kronon and his army rocklike and massive, more powerful than ever.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

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