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Adjectives commonly used to describe "rock" — vivid descriptors for richer, more specific prose.
(adj)
(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
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(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Naked, uncovered.
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
Of great size, large.
Having no variations in height.
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
Very large.
Easily giving way under pressure.
(n)
(countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
(v)
(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
(of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
Having a grain or grains.
Fragmented; in separate pieces.
Existing in nature.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
basic or fundamental
Bare, not covered by clothing.
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
(geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.
Very large in size or extent.
(architecture) Synonym of overhang.
(countable) One who engages in sexual intercourse, particularly:
Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.
Of or pertaining to basalt.
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
(not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.
Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.
(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
High, tall, having great height or stature.
Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
Free from or lacking moisture.
Relating to the Tarpeian Rock, a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome.
Not smooth; uneven.
(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
Newly produced or obtained; recent.
Steep, like a precipice
Arranged in a sequence of layers or strata.
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
Having a color.
caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
Having relatively high density.
The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
(usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).
Well known.
below the surface of a liquid
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.