请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 rimrock
释义

rimrock

[ rim-rok ]
/ ˈrɪmˌrɒk /

noun Geology.

rock forming the natural boundary of a plateau or other rise.
bedrock forming the natural boundary of a placer or of a gravel deposit.

Origin of rimrock

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; rim + rock1

Words nearby rimrock

rimmed steel, Rimmer, rimose, Rimouski, rimple, rimrock, Rimsky-Korsakov, rimstone, rimu, rimula, rimy
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for rimrock

  • On either side were brownish red jagged peaks and rimrock faces, specked with snow.

    Pluck on the Long Trail|Edwin L. Sabin
  • The rimrock and the gravels above and below it constitute the Rattlesnake Formation.

    The Geologic Setting of the John Day Country|Thomas Prence Thayer
  • We followed along the ledge around the rimrock until we came to a little pass through.

    Pluck on the Long Trail|Edwin L. Sabin
  • One after another they leaped over the edge of the rimrock until most of the flock was destroyed.

    The Story of Wool|Sara Ware Bassett

British Dictionary definitions for rimrock

rimrock
/ (ˈrɪmˌrɒk) /

noun

rock forming the boundaries of a sandy or gravelly alluvial deposit
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 21:46:22