Rock

Morpheme

Rock

Type

free base

Denotation

stone, mineral formation, boulder, pebble

Etymology

Middle English rocke, rokke; Old English stānrocc and Old North French roque; Old French roche and Medieval Latin rocca

Evidence

bedrock, rock, rockery, rockfall, rockfill, rockfish, rockhole, rockish, rockless, rocklike, rockling, rockrose, rocks, rockscape, rockweed, rockwork, rocky

Homographs

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