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View synonyms for rock-bound

rock-bound

or rock·bound

[ rok-bound ]

adjective

  1. hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky:

    the rock-bound coast of Maine.



rock-bound

adjective

  1. hemmed in or encircled by rocks Also (poetic)rock-girt


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rock-bound1

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

A small rock-bound pond curved about the inner base of the moon-viewing hill, duplicating in its clear surface the beauties near.

It was a peculiar, narrow little dock, completely rock-bound, except for the passage leading into it.

Its hotels are delightfully disposed amid flowering gardens or on a terrace overlooking the escarpments of the rock-bound coast.

Both coasts were rock-bound, and the heavy swell dashed against the shore great waves, whose foam flew high into the air.

They could hear the storm-waves outside the port dashing wildly against the rock-bound coast, with fierce suggestions of strife.

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