rock
56
8.2
- noun
- /rɑk/
- UK
:
caramelo de menta
- During their beach visit, they each enjoyed a piece of rock while watching the waves.
- rock candy
- stick of rock
- rock sugar
These aims run through this government like letters on a stick of rock.
- These aims run through this government like letters on a stick of rock.
Examples
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At the carnival, the children eagerly chose a stick of rock candy from the bright display.
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It's called Pop Rocks.
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Let's get some Pop Rocks in here before we close up shop.
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And it's German rock cane sugar and it looks like this.
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I'm going to make rock and let's make rock candy.
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She bought a colorful rock from the seaside shop, enjoying the sweet peppermint flavor.
Synonyms
21
1.0
A small sweet candy flavored with mint oil to freshen the breath
3
2.2
A hard sweet made of large clear sugar crystals on a stick
1
1.5
A small hard sweet with a strong mint taste often red and white
Idioms
- Informal
22
4.8
To reach the lowest point in your life before you begin to get better
- Offensive
To play or enjoy music very loudly and with wild energy
Compounds
107
1.8
A type of popular music from the 1950s with a strong beat and electric guitars
12
2.9
Rock music from the late 1960s to the 1980s that remains popular and influential
- Specialized
4
3.6
A hard rock made when hot melted rock cools on or near the Earth's surface
3
3.0
A person who goes up steep rocks or artificial walls using hands and feet for sport
- Archaic
1
5.7
A 1960s rock style with long guitar solos and unusual sounds often linked to drug use
1
7.5
A large boulder on the shore of Plymouth, Massachusetts said to be where Pilgrims landed in 1620
1
7.1
A style of rock music with unusual sounds from jazz and classical, meant for listening not dancing
- Specialized
1
3.0
Small pieces of rock made by crushing larger stones and used for paths and building
- NSFW
1
4.8
Rock music from the 1960s with unusual sounds and effects that suggest drug experiences
- US
1
4.8
A freshwater fish in North America that lives in shallow, rocky water and people catch for food or sport
- Specialized
1
4.9
A clear, colorless mineral used to make lenses and in some electronics
- UK
1
8.1
A small firm white fish like dogfish that is often sold in British fish and chip shops
A desert in northwestern Nevada with a large flat dry lakebed and an annual arts festival
- Specialized
A rock that forms when small pieces of older rocks press and stick together
- Specialized
A fern that grows on rocks in northern North America with fronds like parsley
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
- US
A bright gold and black fish that lives on coral reefs from the Caribbean to Brazil
- Specialized
A sickness you catch from sick animals, meat, or milk that causes fever and headache
- Specialized
A low plant with green leaves and small flowers that grows in rocky places
- UK
A long slim fish with no scales that lives in northern Atlantic waters and people eat
- South African
A small animal that eats plants and lives on rocks in Africa and the Middle East
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rock for the sweet is called that because the candy is very hard, almost like a little stone, so thinking of a hard candy 'rock' helps you remember its name.